STAPLER v. STATE

Case No. 5D06-1961.

939 So.2d 1092 (2006)

MICHAEL STAPLER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Stapler, Avon Park, Pro Se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori N. Hagan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, J.

Michael Stapler appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Mr. Stapler argues that because his term of community control expired before the revocation proceedings were commenced, the sentencing court lost jurisdiction to proceed. As a consequence, he contends that his sentence is illegal. We disagree and affirm.

It is true, as Mr. Stapler asserts, that upon the expiration...

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