Legal Opinion

Kirby v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 3, 1997No. 96-03374Published

1Opinion of the Court

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, a juvenile, challenges his sentencing as an adult. He maintains that the court’s failure to comply with section 39.059(8), Florida Statutes (1995), which requires the court to put into writing any decision to sentence a juvenile as an adult, requires reversal of his sentence. While the state concedes, and we agree, that a written order is required under Brown v. State, 692 *600So.2d 987 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), no new sentencing hearing is required. See Culliver v. State, 693 So.2d 1152 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

Accordingly, we vacate appellant’s sentence and remand…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Culliver v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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