Case Name: Ralph PARHIALA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-03-22
Citations: 368 So. 2d 672
Docket Number: No. KK-270
Parties: Ralph PARHIALA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS, Acting C. J., and SMITH, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 368
Pages: 672–673

Head Matter:
Ralph PARHIALA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. KK-270.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 22, 1979.
John Edrington Futch of Fore, Meffert & Futch, P. A., Ocala, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted and sentenced to a ten-year probationary term for a violation of Section 627.7375(l)(a)(l), Florida Statutes (1977). That offense is a third degree felony punishable by a maximum imprisonment of five years. Section 775.082, Florida Statutes (1977). Therefore, as conceded by the State, appellant's sentence is illegal. Accordingly it is modified to reduce the period of probation from ten years to five years. We have examined appellant's other points on appeal and find them to be without merit.
Therefore the judgment is affirmed and the sentence is affirmed as modified.
MILLS, Acting C. J., and SMITH, J., concur.
MITCHELL, HENRY CLAY, Jr., Associate Judge, dissents.