Levitan v. State

Petitioner Daniel J. Levitan seeks a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the denial of his motion for modification of sentence filed on the authority of rule 3.800(c), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We grant the petition, quash the order denying modification, and remand for further proceedings.

Levitan was convicted of aggravated white collar crime, a violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes, for the failure to remit sales taxes while working as the general manager of Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub in Pensacola. Also charged with ten counts of grand theft, the trial court…