Legal Opinion

State v. Kelly

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 21, 2014No. 3D13-197Published

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals from a thirty year suspended sentence imposed following an open plea of guilty to four separate armed robberies, each of which carries a minimum mandatory sentence. Because the sentence imposed is illegal, we reverse and remand to allow the defendant to withdraw his plea and/or to be resen-tenced.

*1170While on probation for grand theft of a vehicle, Graylin Kelly was arrested for and charged with having committed seventeen separate robberies with a firearm. Nine of these charges were prosecuted by the United States of America in federal court where a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Helton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  2. Taylor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  3. State v. BrannumDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  4. Glenn v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  5. State v. VanderhoffDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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