Monday, February 4, 2002
Fritz Major v. State of Florida
no. 00-1811

Dade County


At age 16 in 1993, Major pled no contest when charged with aggravated assault and was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile facility. In 2000, Major petitioned the Court to review his case after his sentence in an unrelated federal criminal case was increased by more than 12 years based on his prior no-contest plea. He contended he should have been told at the time of his plea that the subsequent conviction could be used to enhance later criminal sentences The Court sent the case back to the Miami trial court, which denied relief. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed.