SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The man accused of attacking a woman on the Seminole Wekiva Trail is expected back in court on Wednesday.
Patrick Gamache, 20, is asking a judge to throw out his no-contest plea, just weeks before he was set to be sentenced.
Gamache pleaded no contest in March to sexual battery charges. But his new attorney filed a motion last week to withdraw that plea, claiming Gamache’s previous attorney forced him into accepting it.
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Gamache was arrested in August after deputies say he forced a woman to the ground and assaulted her near the Seminole Wekiva Trail. Deputies found him less than 24 hours later — shirtless and shoeless — standing on the on-ramp to I-4 Eastbound near State Road 434.
At the time of his arrest, Gamache had just been released from jail in Miami days earlier. That release was connected to a 2023 robbery case.
Gamache’s court hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. where a judge will decide whether to grant the motion to withdraw his plea. If the motion is approved, the case could move toward trial rather than sentencing.