Legal Opinion

Houston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 2, 1989No. 88-0387PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Judge.

The defendant was placed on probation as a consequence of a cocaine possession charge. Upon violating that probation, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and to “serve 50.3 hours of community service pursuant to F.S. 27.3455.” The judgment was rendered on February 8, 1988. We reverse that part of the judgment calling for community service.

Section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1987), no longer contains a provision for community service. That particular provision was repealed effective October 1, 1986. Since the repeal occurred prior to sentencing, the imposition of community…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hollis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Kinser v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Orillien v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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