VERA v. STATE

No. VV-210.

405 So.2d 1000 (1981)

Narciso R. VERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Allen, Public Defender, Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, and Theodore E. Mack, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on maximum and minimum penalties, as required by Tascano v. State, 393 So.2d 540 (Fla. 1980). Accordingly, the judgment of conviction is vacated and the case remanded for new trial.

From our interpretation of the Tascano ruling, in conjunction with Justice Alderman's dissent in that case, the trial court's error in this respect cannot be deemed...

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