Case Name: Charles SHOATS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-10-13
Citations: 404 So. 2d 833
Docket Number: No. 81-1877
Parties: Charles SHOATS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 404
Pages: 833–834

Head Matter:
Charles SHOATS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-1877.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 13, 1981.
Charles Shoats, in pro. per.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
In his appeal from the trial court's denial of a motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, defendant Charles Shoats correctly maintains that the sentence he received for the offense of burglary of structure, charged in Count I of the Information in Case No. 79-21237, exceeds the maximum and improperly imposes a mandatory minimum. We agree and correct the sentence by reducing the term of confinement in the state penitentiary to the lawful maximum of five years, concurrent with the sentence imposed in Case No. 80-11865, and vacate the mandatory minimum imposed in Count I of Case No. 79-21237. In all other respects, the conviction and the sentence are affirmed.
Conviction affirmed, sentence affirmed as corrected.