Legal Opinion

Parker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 12, 1986No. 85-1311Published

1Opinion of the Court

GUNTHER, Judge.

The defendant was found guilty of his first felony offense and was sentenced by the trial court without consideration of a *20presentence report as required by the mandatory language of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.710. DeOca v. State, 326 So.2d 453 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976). Therefore, the sentence is quashed and the cause remanded with directions to conduct a pre-sentence investigation and to resentence the defendant.

HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY, J., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Deoca v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976