Legal Opinion

Schwartz v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 1, 2000No. 2D98-3663Published

1Opinion of the Court

FULMER, Acting Chief Judge.

Steven Schwartz appeals the revocation of his probation and the sentence imposed. We affirm the revocation without discussion, but reverse the sentence because the trial court announced a general sentence and failed to give Schwartz credit for time previously spent on probation for the two counts of handling and fondling a child under the age of sixteen.

Schwartz was originally sentenced to concurrent terms of fifteen years of probation for sexual battery and for two counts of handling and fondling a child under sixteen years of age. Upon revocation of probation, the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. SummersSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Dorfman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  3. Ogden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  4. Straughan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  5. Reyes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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