IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
RICHARD MANUEL ALVARADO,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D16-3533
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed March 20, 2018
Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Orange County,
Alan S. Apte, Judge.
Frank J. Bankowitz, of Law Office of Frank
J. Bankowitz, Orlando, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Holden v. State, 90 So. 3d 902, 903 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) ("[W]e
note that a defendant who has pled no contest may not preserve as an issue the trial
court's failure to suppress a confession, absent a stipulation by the State that the issue is
dispositive of the case.") (citing Brown v. State, 376 So. 2d 382, 385 (Fla. 1979))).
PALMER, TORPY and BERGER, JJ., concur.