Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2012

Kerrigan v. State

Kerrigan v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 21, 2012 · Marstiller, Thomas, Wetherell
99 So. 3d 553; 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13844; 2012 WL 3569707 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Kerrigan v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm Appellant’s convictions and his sentence for Count 1, but upon the State’s proper concession of error, we reverse and remand for resentencing on Count 2 (Domestic Battery). The record does not contain any evidence of a prior conviction of battery, aggravated battery, or felony battery that would allow the offense to be punished as a third-degree felony under section 784.03(2), Florida Statutes (2010). Without such evidence, the offense of domestic battery is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. See §§ 784.03(l)(b), 775.082(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2010). Therefore, the sentence imposed for Count 2 — 84 days of time served in jail followed by one year of community control and one year of probation — exceeds the statutory maximum and is illegal.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED for further proceedings.

THOMAS, WETHERELL, and MARSTILLER, JJ., concur.

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