Cruz v. State

Steve Cruz appeals the sentences he received after he admitted to violating his community control in two separate cases. On May 6, 2014, he entered negotiated guilty pleas in each case to be sentenced as a youthful offender to concurrent terms of community control followed by probation. See § 958.04, Fla. Stat. (2013). In case 13-CF-17933, Mr. Cruz was charged with four felony counts and pleaded guilty as charged to each. On count I, armed burglary of a dwelling, a first-degree felony punishable by life, he was sentenced as a youthful offender to two years of community control followed by…