Case Name: Francis GOLZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-08-28
Citations: 722 So. 2d 210
Docket Number: No. 96-03954
Parties: Francis GOLZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: NORTHCUTT, J., Concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 722
Pages: 210–211

Head Matter:
Francis GOLZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-03954.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 28, 1998.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Sr. Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
WHATLEY, Judge.
Francis Golz appeals the habitual offender sentences he received on remand. The State correctly concedes the sentences are improper.
Golz was originally sentenced to two consecutive terms of 5 years in prison as a habitual offender. In Golz v. State, 674 So.2d 856 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996), this court affirmed the two sentences but directed the trial court to run the sentences concurrently based on Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla.1993). On remand, the trial court increased both sentences to 10 years in prison and directed that the sentences run concurrently. This was improper.
Pursuant to the mandate, the trial court was not authorized to impose new sentences, but rather to run the sentences concurrently. See Windisch v. State, 709 So.2d 606 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). We reverse the sentences and remand with instructions to the trial court to reinstate the original sentences of 5 years in prison and order the sentences to run concurrently.
Sentences reversed and remanded with instructions.
NORTHCUTT, J., Concurs.
ALTENBERND, A.C.J., Concurs specially.