Case Name: Wilfredo GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-07-25
Citations: 546 So. 2d 786
Docket Number: No. 87-3105
Parties: Wilfredo GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 546
Pages: 786–787

Head Matter:
Wilfredo GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-3105.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 25, 1989.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Yvette Rhodes Prescott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before FERGUSON, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
A "split sentence" of probation and incarceration cannot exceed the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense charged. State v. Holmes, 360 So.2d 380 (Fla.1978). In modifying and extending the defendant's probationary period, the court imposed the functional equivalent of a seven-year sentence for an offense which is punishable by a maximum five-year sentence. The State concedes the error.
Reversed and remanded for a correction of the sentence.