327.36 Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against accepting plea to lesser included offense.
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(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01 , no court may suspend, defer, or withhold adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence for any violation of s. 327.35 , for manslaughter resulting from the operation of a vessel, or for vessel homicide.
(2)(a) No trial judge may accept a plea of guilty to a lesser offense from a person who is charged with a violation of s. 327.35 , manslaughter resulting from the operation of a vessel, or vessel homicide and who has been given a breath or blood test to determine blood or breath alcohol content, the results of which show a blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.15 or more.
(b)A trial judge may not accept a plea of guilty to a lesser offense from a person charged with a felony violation of s. 327.35 , manslaughter resulting from the operation of a vessel, or vessel homicide.