SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A man who pleaded no contest to sexually attacking a woman on a popular Seminole County trail is now trying to undo that deal before he can be sentenced.
Patrick Gamache’s new attorney filed to withdraw his no-contest plea on sexual battery charges, claiming Gamache’s previous attorney forced him into accepting it.
A hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday.
If the judge rejects the withdrawal request, Gamache could be sentenced. If the judge allows it, the case will go to trial.
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Deputies arrested Gamache after he attacked a woman on the Seminole Wekiva Trail in August. Prosecutors said he left behind a scooter and a shirt, and a traffic camera spotted him walking along Interstate 4 less than 24 hours later.
Gamache had an active out-of-state warrant for a drug charge at the time of his arrest. He also told deputies he had been released from jail in Miami-Dade County just days before the attack.
Gamache agreed to a no-contest plea deal with prosecutors in March.