Daly v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Judge.
Ronald James Daly appeals his sentence for burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery imposed at a resentencing hearing after the postconviction court granted his motion for postconviction relief. Because, as the State concedes, Daly was resen-tenced without counsel, we reverse his sentence and remand for another resentenc-ing hearing.
A criminal defendant has the right to the assistance of counsel at a resentencing hearing when the original sentencing error was a judicial error rather than a clerical error. See Nickerson v. State, 927 So.2d 114, 117 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006);…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nickerson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
- Wells v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001