Case Name: Girberto CASADO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-06-12
Citations: 674 So. 2d 217
Docket Number: No. 95-3143
Parties: Girberto CASADO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 674
Pages: 217–217

Head Matter:
Girberto CASADO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-3143.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 12, 1996.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based upon the State's proper confession of error, we reverse the defendant's six-year sentence for tampering with a State's witness and remand with directions to resentence defendant on that count to a sentence not to exceed five years. See § 914.22; 775.082(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (1993)(tampering with a witness constitutes a third-degree felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years).
Reversed and remanded with directions.