Case Name: Carl Orvil POLITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-05-18
Citations: 371 So. 2d 206
Docket Number: No. 78-2312
Parties: Carl Orvil POLITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: OTT, A. C. J., and RYDER and DAN-AHY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 206–207

Head Matter:
Carl Orvil POLITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 78-2312.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 18, 1979.
Jack 0. Johnson, Public Defender, and Lawrence D. Shearer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of attempted aggravated assault, two counts of false imprisonment, and two counts of attempted false imprisonment. The trial court adjudicated appellant guilty of the first count of aggravated assault and imposed a sentence of three years imprisonment. The court withheld adjudication on the remaining seven counts and imposed concurrent three-year probations on each, to run consecutive to the three-year imprisonment.
We affirm the convictions, and the sentences imposed for aggravated assault and false imprisonment. However, the crimes of attempted aggravated assault and attempted false imprisonment are first degree misdemeanors. § 777.04(4), 784.-021(2), 787.02(2), Fla.Stat. (1977). The maximum period of probation which may be imposed for a first degree misdemeanor is one year. See Watts v. State, 328 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976), § 775.082(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1977). The three-year terms of probation imposed below are thus excessive.
We remand for resentencing on the two counts of attempted aggravated assault and two counts of attempted false imprisonment.
OTT, A. C. J., and RYDER and DAN-AHY, JJ., concur.