No-Contest Pleas in Misdemeanor Cases Must Include an Explanation of the Facts, or the Defendant Should be Acquitted - DUI News - 7/21/2016

No-Contest Pleas in Misdemeanor Cases Must Include an Explanation of the Facts, or the Defendant Should be Acquitted - DUI News - 7/21/2016

The 8th District concluded that, absent an explicit waiver, a trial court must call for an explanation of the facts.  If it does not, and the Defendant appeals, the charge should be dismissed and the Defendant acquitted due to double jeopardy protections.

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DUI Appeals Reports 01/01/16

DUI Appeals Reports 01/01/16

The Third District holds that a criminal court may not modify a final judgment, including a sentence, nunc pro tunc except when the original sentence was void or it contains a clerical error.

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