Legal Opinion

N.D. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 25, 1998No. 96-02469Published

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Acting Chief Judge.

N.D. challenges the trial court’s finding of guilt for battery on a school board employee and the order imposing community control. N.D.’s appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), finding no meritorious grounds for appeal. However, appellate .counsel correctly points out that the trial court erred in placing N.D. on community control for an indeterminate period without limiting the sentence to the five-year statutory maximum for a third-degree felony. See A.J.Y. v. State, 687 So.2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. A.J.Y. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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