COX V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, January Term, A.D. 2008 Opinion filed March 05, 2008. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D08-214 Lower Tribunal No. 98-7884 ________________ Melvin Cox, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Robert M. Deehl, Judge. Melvin Cox, in proper person. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee. Before SUAREZ, CORTIÃ AS, and SALTER, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Major v. State, 814 So. 2d 424, 431 (Fla. 2002) (finding that neither the trial court nor counsel has a duty to advise a defendant that the defendant s plea in a pending case may have sentence enhancing consequences on a sentence imposed for a crime committed in the future ). 2

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