Case Title: Anthony A. Stuart v. State of Florida

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC96-208

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-07-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC96208
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ANTHONY A. STUART,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 13, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Stuart v. State, No. 98-02900 (Fla. 2d DCA June 2,
1999), which cited Leonard v. State, 731 So. 2d 2 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), quashed,
25 Fla. L. Weekly S377 (Fla. May 11, 2000), as controlling authority.  We have
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 418 (Fla.
1981).  As in Leonard, the State has conceded that the sentences imposed in this
case are illegal because they exceed the statutory maximum for the offense. 
Therefore, we quash the district court's decision in this case and remand for
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proceedings consistent with our opinion in Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly
S367 (Fla. May 11, 2000).
It is so ordered. 
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Direct Conflict
Second  District - Case No. 2D98-02900 
(Hillsborough County)
Anthony A. Stuart, pro se, Chipley, Florida
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Chief of Criminal Law, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, Florida,
for Respondent