Orange County v. State

PALMER J.

Orange County, Florida (Orange County) filed the instant petition requesting a writ of certiorari, seeking the quashal of a sentencing order. Because the sentencing court erred in entering a county jail sentence that exceeded one year, we grant the petition, quash the' sentencing order, and remand for re-sentencing.

Kevin Robert MeQueeny-Gonzalez was convicted of committing burglary of a dwelling with an assault or a battery, a first-degree felony. § 810.02(2)(a)? Fla. Stat. (2011). The trial court sentenced him to 750 days in the Orange County Jail, with credit for 386 days of…