Case Name: Clarence WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-05-19
Citations: 902 So. 2d 270
Docket Number: No. 1D03-4662
Parties: Clarence WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WOLF, C.J., VAN NORTWICK and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 902
Pages: 270–270

Head Matter:
Clarence WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D03-4662.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 19, 2005.
Nancy-A. Daniels, Public Defender and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Clarence Williams appeals his habitual offender sentence for battery on a detainee, a third degree felony. See § 784.082(3), Fla. Stat. (2002); § 775.084(4)(a)3, Fla. Stat. (2002). Williams was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by five years of probation, which, as the state correctly concedes, exceeds the ten-year statutory maximum sentence for a third degree felony under the habitual offender statute. See Rodriguez v. State, 766 So.2d 1147 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Townsend v. State, 604 So.2d 885 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Accordingly, Williams' illegal sentence is reversed and the cause is remanded for resentencing. Williams need not be present for the re-sentencing.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
WOLF, C.J., VAN NORTWICK and BROWNING, JJ., concur.