LESLIE v. STATE

No. 4D04-3137.

920 So.2d 710 (2006)

Vernon M. LESLIE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon M. Leslie, Jr., Palm Beach, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison with a mandatory minimum and lifetime probation for attempted first degree murder. In a motion for postconviction relief, he correctly argued that his sentence exceeded the maximum authorized by law. The state conceded error, as the maximum sentence for the crime could not exceed forty years. The trial court accepted the concession, and entered an amended sentencing order reducing probation after appellant...

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