January 27, 2010 - Motion to Vacate Admission of Violation of Probation Granted

January 27, 2010, Dade County, Florida (Miami) Circuit Court grants Mr. Kent's combination 3.850/3.800 Motion to Vacate and Set Aside client Pedro Alonso's admission of violation of probation for trafficking in cocaine, and reduces sentenced from five years to time served.  Click here for a copy of the motion Mr. Kent filed.  Mr. Alonso was represented by local counsel, Julio Perez for the hearing on the motion, who negotiated the time served sentence after the state acknowledged that Mr. Alonso was entitled to withdraw his admission of violation of probation and that the original sentence was improperly calculated.  This was a sentence reduction of approximately 2 years and 7 months.