Rease v. State

Michael Rease appeals a final judgment entered pursuant to jury verdict finding him guilty of kidnapping, two counts of sexual battery, and assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping, thirty-year consecutive sentences for each of the sexual battery counts, and sixty days consecutive for assault. We affirm with modification.

In the final judgment, the trial court stated it was retaining jurisdiction over one-third of appellant’s sexual battery sentences. On appeal both parties have recognized that this retention of jurisdiction was error. Payne v. State, 480 So.2d 202…