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STATE v. ALLEN

No. 2D08-2343.

8 So.3d 456 (2009)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. George Markis ALLEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

VILLANTI, Judge.

The State appeals the sentence imposed on sixteen-year-old George Allen, contending that it was an illegal sentence under the statutes applicable to juveniles charged by mandatory direct-file informations. We agree, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The State charged sixteen-year-old Allen with armed robbery by a mandatory direct-filed information pursuant to section 985.557(2)(d)(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2008). Section 985...

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