STATE v. SCIBANA

Nos. 97-3440, 97-3530, 97-3531

726 So.2d 793 (1999)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Vincent SCIBANA, Jeffrey Alan Sondik and Francisco Garcia, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Satz, State Attorney, and J. Scott Raft, Assistant State Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

H. Dohn Williams, Jr. of H. Dohn Williams, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-Vincent Scibana.

Raag Singhal of Law Offices of Kaplan & Singhal, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-Jeffrey Alan Sondik.

Alexander Kapetanakis, Coral Gables, for Appellee-Francisco Garcia.


KLEIN, J.

A county judge, in a substantial number of DUI cases, back-dated the convictions in order to evade section 322.28(2)(a)1, Florida Statutes (1993), which requires that a driver's license be revoked for no less than 180 days for a first DUI conviction.1 The back-dating would make it appear to the Department of Motor Vehicles that the suspension had already occurred, and the defendant could obtain a new license immediately after...

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