Legal Opinion

Fonteyne v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 13, 2003No. 2D02-5367PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

855 So.2d 99 (2003)

Allen FONTEYNE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D02-5367.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 13, 2003.

KELLY, Judge.

Allen Fonteyne challenges the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Fonteyne claims that his sentence of one year of probation for reckless driving is illegal because it exceeds the statutory maximum for that offense. We agree and reverse.

Section 316.192(2)(a), Florida Statutes, provides that any person convicted of reckless driving shall be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Watts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  2. Cheney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Murray v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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