Case Name: David LEONARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-07-14
Citations: 779 So. 2d 392
Docket Number: No. 2D96-4245
Parties: David LEONARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND, A.C.J., FULMER and CASANUEVA, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 779
Pages: 392–393

Head Matter:
David LEONARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D96-4245.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 14, 2000.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Helene S. Parnés and James W. Rogers, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
David Leonard challenges, as illegal, the thirty-year sentence he received when the trial court revoked the probation he was serving on a second-degree felony. Initially, this court determined that it was without jurisdiction to entertain this issue on direct appeal and dismissed the appeal without prejudice to Leonard to file a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). See Leonard v. State, 731 So.2d 2 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). Our opinion dismissing the appeal was quashed by the Florida Supreme Court and the appeal was reinstated and remanded for consideration on the merits, See Leonard v. State, 760 So.2d 114 (Fla.2000).
Leonard's claim has merit and, therefore, we reverse. In circuit court case number 89-7782, Leonard was sentenced to fifteen years of probation for the offense of performing a lewd and lascivious act on a child, a second-degree felony pursuant to section 800.04(1), Florida Statutes (1987). When his probation was revoked, the trial court sentenced him to thirty years in prison, which exceeded the statutory maximum of fifteen years for the second-degree felony. See § 775.082(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (1987).
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for resentencing.
ALTENBERND, A.C.J., FULMER and CASANUEVA, JJ., Concur.