Legal Opinion

Francisco-Augustin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 25, 1997No. 96-2534PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POLEN, Judge.

Appellant was sentenced on his plea of no contest to two counts of DUI manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, and DUI with serious bodily injury. He argues that it was error for a portion1 of his 15-year prison sentence on the second count of DUI manslaughter to run consecutively to count I, while the remainder ran concurrently. We reverse.

The state concedes and we agree that under the authority of Rozmestor v. State, 381 So.2d 324 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980), such a sentence is erroneous. The parties dispute, however, whether or not the trial court may impose…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rozmestor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Francisco-Augustin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. GERALD SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  3. Goodwin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. WYLIE BILLUPS v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018

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