WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 80-887.

399 So.2d 999 (1981)

Robert WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Richard J. DeWitt and Gregory P. Borgognoni and Maxine Long, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In Tascano v. State, 393 So.2d 540 (Fla. 1980), the Supreme Court held that the language of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.390(a) makes mandatory, upon request of either the State or the defendant, the giving of an instruction on the maximum and minimum sentences which may be imposed for the offense for which the accused is on trial. No such instruction was given at Williams' trial....

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