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CORDERO-PENA v. STATE

No. 81-1728.

421 So.2d 661 (1982)

Belarmino CORDERO-PENA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Jack Ludin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the appellant's convictions. We vacate that portion of the sentence for first-degree murder wherein the trial court retained jurisdiction for one-third of the life sentence imposed to review any parole commission release order pertaining to the defendant. See § 947.16(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). We conclude that where a court imposes a life sentence, Section 947.16(3) is inoperable, since because a life span is immeasurable, see Alvarez...

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