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Wendt v. State, No. 3D08-942 (Fla. App. 9/2/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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Tracey Wendt, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-942 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Opinion filed September 2, 2009. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Ruth Becker, Acting Circuit Court Judge, Lower Tribunal No. 07-33. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey and Shannon McKenna, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Nicholas Merlin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and ROTHENBERG, JJ. ROTHENBERG, J. Tracey Wendt appeals from the summary denial of her motions to withdraw her plea admitting to violating her probation, and to appoint “conflict-free” counsel. We affirm. On November 27, 2007, Wendt, who was represented by Assistant Public Defender Matthew Matteliano, pled guilty to driving under the influence (”DUI”) and driving while license suspended (”DWLS”) in exchange for a sentence of thirty-six months of drug offender probation, credit for the time she served in the county jail, and other conditions...continue to full post

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