State v. Carr, No. 62972
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | PER CURIAM; ALDERMAN; SHAW, J., concurs specially with an opinion, in which ADKINS; SHAW; ADKINS |
| Citation | 438 So.2d 826 |
| Parties | STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Angela CARR, Respondent. |
| Decision Date | 29 September 1983 |
| Docket Number | No. 62972 |
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Angela CARR, Respondent.
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Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
This is a petition to review Carr v. State, 421 So.2d 1098 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), on the ground that it conflicts with Puccio v. State, 424 So.2d 85 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Sune v. State, 402 So.2d 11 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Alexander v. State, 399 So.2d 110 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981); and Hardison v. State, 385 So.2d 738 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). We agree there is conflict and find jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
Respondent Carr was charged in a two-count information with robbery and attempted first-degree murder. The victim was an eighty-three-year-old widow who refused at a discovery deposition to reveal her current address. At a pretrial hearing, on a motion to compel discovery or, alternatively, to exclude the victim's testimony, the prosecutor advised the court that the victim feared for her life, might not appear if she were compelled to disclose her address, and that he had advised her, and would continue to advise her, not to divulge her current address. There was no evidence introduced or allegations made of any actual threat to the personal safety of the victim. The trial court denied the motion to compel discovery or to exclude testimony and set the case for trial, four days thence. On February 2, 1981, Carr's counsel announced to the court that denial of the motion to compel discovery prevented the completion of discovery and that his client was entering an open plea of nolo contendere to the robbery charge. Counsel stated that the plea was based on an understanding that the state would nolle pros the attempted first-degree murder count and, further, that Carr reserved the right to appeal the denial of the motion to compel discovery or to exclude testimony. The state responded that it did not agree that the reserved issue was dispositive of the case. The court then instructed Carr, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172, on the rights that she surrendered by pleading nolo contendere, and she indicated her intent to give up those rights by her plea. Carr's counsel reiterated that the record should be clear that she reserved the right to appeal the denial of the motion. The court responded, somewhat ambiguously, that it considered the reserved issue to be nondispositive. 1
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Thereafter, on March 16, 1981, the court adjudicated Carr guilty and sentenced her to five years' imprisonment, followed by five years' probation. Carr appealed the judgment and sentence.The state moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the reserved issue was not dispositive of the case. On June 11, 1982, the district court relinquished jurisdiction of the case to the trial court for a determination of whether the denial of the motion...
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Huffman v. State, No. 1D05-3200.
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