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JACKSON v. STATE

No. 2D13-2252.

144 So.3d 658 (2014)

Reginald Montre JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Megan Olson , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Muir Beccue , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

KELLY, Judge.

Reginald Jackson appeals from his judgments and sentences for grand theft and criminal mischief. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion in summarily denying his motion for a reduction or modification of his sentences for grand theft without holding a hearing to allow Jackson to present evidence that his absence from the sentencing hearing was involuntary.1 We agree and reverse.

Jackson entered open guilty...

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