Case Name: Johnny FISHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-04-05
Citations: 559 So. 2d 362
Docket Number: No. 89-857
Parties: Johnny FISHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DANIEL, C.J., and W. SHARP, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 362–363

Head Matter:
Johnny FISHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-857.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 5, 1990.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David S. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
HARRIS, Judge.
Johnny Fisher pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in cocaine and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The applicable guideline sentence range was 9 to 12 years. The judge sentenced defendant to two concurrent 12-year sentences with the proviso, "if you are released under the provisions provided for early release, that the balance of the 12-year sentence is to be served on probation." Fisher urges that the sentence is improper because such probation, when the term is both indefinite and uncertain, is not authorized by Section 948.01, Florida Stat utes (1987). We agree and reverse. See Heuring v. State, 559 So.2d 207 (Fla.1990).
Although the trial court could accomplish the same result by sentencing appellant to incarceration on one count and concurrent probation on the other count, the sentences as imposed are illegal and the cause is remanded for resentencing.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DANIEL, C.J., and W. SHARP, J., concur.