Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 27, 2013No. 2D12-313PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CASANUEVA, Judge.

Cecil Brian Brown appeals the order resentencing him to two years’ imprisonment after he committed a new law violation during the furlough he was granted before he was required to serve a ten-month jail term. The State concedes that the resentencing violated Brown’s double jeopardy rights. Although Brown has been released from prison, we have jurisdiction to review his sentence because of the collateral legal consequences to Brown. See Godwin v. State, 593 So.2d 211, 212 (Fla.1992) (noting that Florida courts recognize that an otherwise moot case will not be dismissed if,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Godwin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Ingraham v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Joslin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. Bush v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. Miami-Dade County v. MossDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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