Baptiste v. State
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Opinion
Sonnfred Baptiste appeals an order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The State concedes that the order must be reversed.
Defendant-appellant Baptiste entered into a plea bargain pursuant to which he was given a split sentence as a youthful offender to a term of five years incarceration followed by one year of community control. The State acknowledges that the inearcerative period for a split youthful offender sentence cannot exceed four years. § 958.04(2)(c), (d), Fla. Stat. (1999)
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The crime date was January 26, 2000.
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