Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 10, 1991No. 90-2621PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PETERSON, Judge.

Defendant is a juvenile who received adult sanctions for, inter alia, burglary of a conveyance and petit theft. We reverse because of the absence of findings, either oral or written, to support the imposition of adult sanctions on a juvenile as required by section 39.111(7)(d), Florida Statutes (1989),1 and Lang v. State, 566 So.2d 1354 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990).

Sullivan’s negotiated plea of nolo con-tendere was accepted by the trial court with the understanding that, if he were sentenced to the Department of Corrections, the term of that sentence would not exceed three years. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pendarvis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kohler v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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