PRIDGEN v. CITY OF AUBURNDALE

No. 83-355.

430 So.2d 967 (1983)

Garland H. PRIDGEN, Petitioner, v. CITY OF AUBURNDALE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse J. Bennett of Bennett & Bennett, Winter Haven, for petitioner.

Quillian S. Yancey, State Atty., and Alfred C. Thullbery, Jr., Asst. State Atty., Bartow, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This petition for writ of certiorari, brought to review a circuit court affirmance of a county court judgment finding petitioner guilty of violating a city ordinance, challenges both the judgment and sentence. We find that the judgment does not depart from the essential requirements of law, but the sentence was illegal.

The city ordinance in question provides for a maximum sentence of sixty days in jail and a $500.00 fine. Petitioner was sentenced...

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