Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

777 So. 2d 1131

Symington v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 31, 2001

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2001-01-31

Decided 2001-01-31

PER CURIAM.

¶1After the trial court found appellant guilty of violating his probation, it sentenced him to concurrent sentences of five and one-half years imprisonment on uttering a forged prescription charges. Appellant moved without success to correct his sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2).

¶2As the state concedes, appellant’s crimes were third degree felonies when committed and such crimes were punishable by up to five years imprisonment. See § 775.082(3)(d), Fla.Stat. (1993). The sentences were controlled by the 1993 sentencing guidelines. See § 921.001(4)(b), Fla.Stat. (2000).

¶3The five and one-half year sentences are thus in excess of the statutory maximum. We therefore vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing in accordance with the sentencing guidelines applicable to appellant’s 1993 offenses.

STONE, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.
/777/so2d/1131 · .json · Public domain