Case Name: Solomon Joseph BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-10-30
Citations: 681 So. 2d 1205
Docket Number: No. 96-2359
Parties: Solomon Joseph BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER, ALLEN and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 1205–1205

Head Matter:
Solomon Joseph BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-2359.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 30, 1996.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Because the appellant had been on probation for more than five years when the affidavit for violation of probation was filed, the maximum probationary term authorized by law for the third degree felony of possession of cocaine had already expired. The trial court therefore lacked jurisdiction to impose any further sentence. Accordingly, the appellant's thirty-month prison sentence is vacated and this case is remanded with directions that the appellant be discharged.
MINER, ALLEN and MICKLE, JJ., concur.