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623 So. 2d 1220

Turner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 10, 1993

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1993-09-10

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1996

2 state decisions

Relies on 531 So. 2d 161 - Poore v. State · 573 So. 2d 173 - NME Hospitals, Inc. v. Azzariti · 582 So. 2d 751 - Wood v. State

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Decided 1993-09-10

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COBB, Judge.

¶1The appellant, Edward Turner pled guilty to capital sexual battery, a “life felony.” He was sentenced, pursuant to agreement, to 40 years incarceration followed by life probation. This sentence, as conceded by the state, exceeds the statutory maximum. Taylor v. State, 573 So.2d 173 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991).

¶2The error here was the imposition by the trial court of a probationary split sentence instead of a true split sentence. See Poore v. State, 531 So.2d 161 (Fla.1988). The latter is lawful but the former is not, where, as here, the incareerative portion of the split sentence is 40 years for a life felony. The trial court may, upon remand, impose a sentence of life incarceration, suspended after serving 40 years of incarceration, with the balance of the sentence thereafter to be served on probation. This is the sentence that was bargained for. See generally, Wood v. State, 582 So.2d 751 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991) (resentence consistent with original sentencing plan is not vindictive).

¶3The sentence is reversed and the ease is remanded for resentencing.

PETERSON, J., concurs.W. SHARP, J., concurs in result only, with opinion.
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