Case Name: Charles A. DEAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-11-17
Citations: 994 So. 2d 1229
Docket Number: No. 1D08-0087
Parties: Charles A. DEAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KAHN, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 994
Pages: 1229–1229

Head Matter:
Charles A. DEAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D08-0087.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 17, 2008.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon review of the record, we conclude that the sentence appellant was serving when he violated his probation was a true split sentence as described in Evans v. State, 730 So.2d 768, 769 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). When a defendant has received a true split sentence and subsequently violates the terms of probation, the trial court may not impose a new sentence lasting longer than the suspended portion of the split sentence. See id. We therefore conclude that, under the case law, the trial court erred in sentencing appellant to a term of incarceration lasting longer than the suspended one-year jail sentence.
We REVERSE and REMAND for re-sentencing.
KAHN, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.