Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

Baptiste v. State

Baptiste v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 22, 2001 · Cope, Gersten, Nesbitt
791 So. 2d 1254; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 11911; 2001 WL 945855 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Baptiste v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

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) * ; Collado v. State, 776 So.2d 355, 356 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). We reverse the order now under review and remand for resentencing within legal limits, or alternatively to allow defendant to withdraw his plea and proceed to trial. Collado, 776 So.2d at 356.

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.

The crime date was January 26, 2000.

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