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holding that any alleged infirmity concerning the intelligent or voluntary nature of a plea must first be raised in the trial court by a motion to withdraw the plea or a motion for postconviction relief
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No. 94-01824.
August 23, 1995.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, W. Douglas Baird, J.
Bjorn E. Brunvand, Clearwater, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
The appellant claims that the trial court should have allowed him to withdraw his guilty plea. He also raises other issues.
Any alleged infirmity concerning the intelligent or voluntary nature of a plea must first be raised in the trial court by a motion to withdraw the plea or a motion for post-conviction relief. Since the appellant has not made a prior motion to withdraw his plea, the issue of whether his plea was voluntary cannot be entertained on appeal. Robinson v. State, 373 So.2d 898 (Fla. 1979); Counts v. State, 376 So.2d 59 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal without prejudice so that the appellant may file the appropriate motion in the trial court.
Appeal dismissed.
THREADGILL, C.J., and DANAHY and BLUE, JJ., concur.