Jordan v. State

NIMMONS, Judge.

Appellant was sentenced to a 15-year term for burglary and a consecutive 5-year term for forgery with the provision that “if defendant is released from Department of Corrections before 20-year sentence is served, court requires that defendant should serve probation for the remainder of the 20 years.... ” Appellant asserts that such a sentence is unauthorized. The state concedes error, citing to Heuring v. State, 559 So.2d 207 (Fla.1990).1 We agree and reverse.

However, we disagree with appellant Jordan’s contention that only the probationary feature of the sentence should be…