Ormanian v. State

Full title: ARTHUR JOHN ORMANIAN, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jan 17, 1979

366 So. 2d 498 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 77-1792.

January 17, 1979.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; John S. Andrews, Judge.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and David Wm. Boone, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court. However, we remand the case with directions that the trial court amend the sentence, awarding appellant credit for the time he spent in a state hospital as a mentally disordered sex offender. Section 917.218, Florida Statutes (1977); Hall v. State, 358 So.2d 891 (Fla.2d DCA 1978). Appellant need not be present for this purpose.

GRIMES, C.J., and HOBSON and RYDER, JJ., concur.