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January 6, 2015 - Court Grants Rule 3.850 Post-Conviction Motion

January 6, 2015 Florida County Court Judge Wesley Poole grants without opposition from the State Mr. Kent's state post-conviction motion made pursuant to Rule 3.850 to vacate a plea and sentence on a first degree misdemeanor and the State concurrently agrees to dismiss the criminal charges.  The motion raised various Due Process challenges to the plea and conviction, which the State did not concede but instead the State agreed to a vacation of the plea and sentence and dismissal of the charges on equitable grounds. 

Ryan McFarland