Legal Opinion
A.M. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 10, 2001No. 5D00-2225PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHARP, W., J.
D.M. appeals two criminal cases. In Case No. 00-96, D.M. pled guilty to attempted strong arm robbery,1 and in Case No. 00-110, she pled guilty to one count of battery2 and one count of petit theft,3 both misdemeanors. The trial judge gave her two identical concurrent commitments in both cases: a level 8 commitment for five years, or until her 19th birthday. D.M. was sixteen years of age at the time of sentencing.
On appeal, D.M. questions only her commitment in Case No. 00 110. She points out that the term of commitment exceeds the statutory maximum, because misdemeanor offenses…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- J.C.R. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
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