Legal Opinion

Whitehead v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 15, 1996No. 96-473PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Whitehead appeals from his sentence imposed after entering into a plea agreement with the state. The state concedes that the sentence he received of six months probation for reckless driving1 was illegal. Section 316.192(2)(a) provides:

Any person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished: (a) upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a period of not more than 90 days or by fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fines and imprisonment.

The record does not show that Whitehead had previously been convicted of reckless driving. Thus the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cheney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. Dyer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Conrey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. SehnertDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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