Legal Opinion

Cruz v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 6, 1984No. 83-888PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

We reject as without merit any claim by Cruz that the trial court committed reversible error during the course of the trial upon a holding that there was overwhelming evidence to support the conviction.

*827At the time of the sentencing the trial court imposed a 120-year sentence on Count I and erroneously (a) imposed a concurrent (sic) 120-year sentence on Count II, and (b) retained jurisdiction for one-third of 240 years, for a total of eighty years.

Upon being advised that the sentence on Count II was unlawful and that under the statute the retention order was incorrect, the trial court vacated…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Goree v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Fogle v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  2. Torrey v. TorreyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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