GREEN v. STATE

No. 95-3229.

680 So.2d 1072 (1996)

Frederick C. GREEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse Appellant's sentence and remand for a new sentencing hearing. Appellant failed to appear for his initial sentencing hearing notwithstanding a plea agreement that if he failed to appear or committed a new offense, his five-year sentence would be increased to three consecutive 30-year sentences. At a subsequent sentencing, the higher sentences were imposed. Appellant now asserts that he was not afforded an opportunity to explain why he failed...

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