CHRISTOPHER J. BLANTON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA CHRISTOPHER J. BLANTON, Appellant, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D12-0238 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed October 5, 2012. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County. John H. Skinner, Judge. David W. Collins, Collins Law Firm, Monticello, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Giselle Denise Lylen, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Cannon v. State, 92 So. 3d 292, 294 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (holding Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.172(g) only applies prior to sentencing and that Cox v. State, 35 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), does not stand for the proposition that a defendant has a unilateral right to withdraw from a plea years after he has been sentenced in accordance with that plea, if the trial court failed to formally accept it ); Campbell v. State, 75 So. 3d 757, 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) (holding rule 3.172(g) only applies prior to sentencing ). BENTON, C.J., THOMAS, and ROWE, JJ., CONCUR. 2

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