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Wright v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jan 13, 1983
425 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 82-647.

December 10, 1982. Rehearing Denied January 13, 1983.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Polk County, Randall G. McDonald, J.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


We affirm appellant's convictions for sexual battery, aggravated battery, and trespass. However, the trial court improperly required appellant to serve a minimum mandatory term of thirty years of his life sentence for the sexual battery. § 775.082(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1981). The court also failed to provide reasons for retaining jurisdiction over appellant's sentence. The court must either relinquish its retention of jurisdiction over one-third of the sentence or state its justification for retention with individual particularity, as required by Section 947.16(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1981). Hernandez v. State, 421 So.2d 1102 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). Finally, since appellant was adjudged indigent, the court improperly assessed him $70 in court costs and $10 to be paid to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund. That portion of the judgment is stricken. Ortiz v. State, 420 So.2d 923 (Fla. 2d DCA Oct. 22, 1982); Brown v. State, 400 So.2d 510 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981); Engle v. State, 407 So.2d 641 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).

Accordingly, appellant's convictions are affirmed, but the cause is remanded with directions to correct his judgment and sentence in accordance with this opinion.

BOARDMAN, A.C.J., and SCHEB and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Wright v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jan 13, 1983
425 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Wright v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH LEE WRIGHT, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jan 13, 1983

Citations

425 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

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