Legal Opinion

Driscoll v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 1, 1989No. 88-824PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZEHMER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order reinstating appellant Driscoll’s sentence to community control. The appealed order revoked an earlier order that had discharged Dris-coll from community control and terminated the criminal proceedings against him. Finding that the court lacked jurisdiction to reinstate the discharged sentence under the facts of this case, we reverse.

On June 16, 1986, Driscoll pled nolo con-tendere to a charge of shooting into an *1284occupied building. The court withheld adjudication of guilt and placed Driscoll in a community control program for a period of two years,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. DeClaire v. YohananSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  2. State v. BurtonSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Thompson v. CrawfordDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  4. Booker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. K.E.H. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. State v. GloverDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Kilbourn v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. Owens v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2020

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