Opinion
No. 1D21-3233.
02-01-2023
William Thomas BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Jessica J. Yeary , Public Defender, and Joel Arnold , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate , Bureau Chief, and Miranda L. Butson and Sharon S. Traxler , Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Jessica J. Yeary , Public Defender, and Joel Arnold , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate , Bureau Chief, and Miranda L. Butson and Sharon S. Traxler , Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Per Curiam.
On consideration of William Thomas Brown's motion for rehearing, the Court grants the motion for rehearing, withdraws our prior opinion, and substitutes the following opinion.
AFFIRMED. See § 924.06(3), Fla. Stat. (2021) ("[A] defendant who pleads nolo contendere with no express reservation of the right to appeal a legally dispositive issue, shall have no right to a direct appeal."); § 924.051(3), Fla. Stat. (2021); see also Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(ii)(b); State v. Dortch, 317 So.3d 1074, 1075 (Fla. 2021) (holding that "there is no fundamental-error exception to the preservation requirement of rule 9.140(b)(2)(A)(ii)(c)"); Leonard v. State, 760 So.2d 114, 119 (Fla. 2000) (explaining that a district court should summarily affirm "when the court determines that an appeal does not present... a legally dispositive issue that was expressly reserved for appellate review pursuant to section 924.051(4)"); Robinson v. State, 373 So.2d 898, 902 (Fla. 1979) (discussing the limitations on the issues that may be raised on appeal when a defendant pleads guilty without expressly reserving the right to appeal a legally dispositive issue).
Rowe, C.J., and Lewis and Bilbrey, JJ., concur.