{"id":327,"date":"2018-03-08T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T19:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=327"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:53:34","slug":"florida-plea-deals-pitfalls-breaking-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-plea-deals-pitfalls-breaking-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Plea Deals and the Pitfalls of Breaking Your Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plea deals can be a valuable tool for anyone charged with a crime in Florida. These arrangements allow a person to start to move on with his or her life after being charged with a Florida gun crime or another offense by working out a resolution that often includes a lesser punishment in exchange for pleading guilty. It is important, however, for anyone considering a plea deal to understand that the punishment can be enhanced if you don\u2019t abide by the terms of the deal. Florida\u2019s Fifth District Court of Appeal recently took on the case<\/a> of a Florida man who was thrown behind bars after allegedly violating the terms of his house arrest.The defendant entered into a plea deal with Florida prosecutors after he was charged with armed robbery, grand theft, and petit theft. He agreed to plead guilty to the grand theft charge, and the prosecutors agreed to drop the other charges. He was sentenced to two years of supervised house arrest, followed by three years of probation. As part of the house arrest, he was required to stay at his home and permitted to leave the property only for school, work, community service, and other limited purposes.<\/p>\n

The defendant was later charged with violating the terms of his release by leaving the residence without an approved reason and failing to submit to electronic monitoring. Following a hearing, he was sentenced to three years in state prison. The judge said the defendant posed a threat to the community, based partly on some of the original allegations against the defendant in the robbery and theft case. He appealed the decision, arguing that the judge should not have taken into account any allegations related to the charges that were dropped. The Fifth District agreed in part.<\/p>\n

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