Legal Opinion

Osborn v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 17, 2009No. 1D07-4783Published

1Per curiam

Appellant, Dale Osborn, challenges the trial court’s determination that he violated the terms of his probation and the sentence it entered upon revoking his probation. We affirm the violation of probation determination without further comment.

As to sentencing, Appellant contends because he initially received a true split sentence of fifteen years’ incarceration, the trial court could not resentence him to fifteen years’ incarceration plus an additional fifteen years’ sex offender probation. We agree and reverse.

On April 29, 2002, the trial court sentenced Appellant to a true split sentence of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Poore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. State v. PowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  3. Crawford v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  4. Liles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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