TAVARUS LIGHTSEY
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA
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Trial courts have discretion to accept or reject plea offers, and even where trial counsel's misadvice results in a defendant's rejection of a favorable plea, the State is not required to reoffer its original plea on remand.
[1] A juvenile who commits a substantive violation of probation as an adult is not entitled to be sentenced under Florida's juvenile sentencing scheme.
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Alcorn v. State, 121 So. 3d 419, 430 (Fla. 2013) ("In Florida, trial courts and prosecutors have [the] discretion [to accept or reject a plea]."); Odegaard v. State, 137 So. 3d 505, 508 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) ("Even where trial counsel's misadvice results in a defendant's rejection of a favorable plea offer, the State is not required to reoffer its original plea on remand."); Vennisee v. State, 235 So. 3d 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017) (citing Davis v. State, 223 So. 3d 1106 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017, for the proposition that a juvenile who commits a substantive violation of probation as an adult is not entitled to be sentenced under Florida's juvenile sentencing scheme); Woods v. State, 314 So. 3d 683 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021), review denied, SC21- 269, 2021 WL 2434584 (Fla. June 15, 2021); Connolly v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).
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- Alcorn v. State, 121 So. 3d 419 (Fla. 2013)
- Connolly v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015)
- Odegaard v. State, 137 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)
- Vennisee v. State, 235 So. 3d 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)
- Chauncey Davis v. State, 223 So. 3d 1106 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017)
- Issac Woods v. State, 314 So. 3d 683 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)