STATE v. SCHUMACHER

No. 1D11-2301.

99 So.3d 632 (2012)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joseph Patrick SCHUMACHER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Brooke Poland and Trisha Meggs Pate , Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Smith Herndon of Dewrell & Herndon, Shalimar, for Appellee.


WOLF, J.

The State of Florida appeals from a sentence imposed on appellee, Joseph Schumacher, after his conviction for DUI manslaughter. The State asserts that the sentence is illegal because it does not include a minimum mandatory prison sentence of four years. We agree and remand for resentencing to include the minimum mandatory term.

On February 4, 2011, appellee was convicted by a jury of DUI manslaughter. The trial court conducted a sentencing hearing...

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