Baptiste v. State
Baptiste v. State
Opinion of the Court
Sonnfred Baptiste appeals an order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The State concedes that the order must be reversed.
Defendant-appellant Baptiste entered into a plea bargain pursuant to which he was given a split sentence as a youthful offender to a term of five years incarceration followed by one year of community control. The State acknowledges that the inearcerative period for a split youthful offender sentence cannot exceed four years. § 958.04(2)(c), (d), Fla. Stat. (1999)
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The crime date was January 26, 2000.
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