Case Name: Peter Daniel SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-05-26
Citations: 414 So. 2d 274
Docket Number: No. 81-478
Parties: Peter Daniel SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH, C. J., and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 414
Pages: 274–275

Head Matter:
Peter Daniel SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-478.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 26, 1982.
See also, Fla.App., 395 So.2d 575.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Day-tona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James Dickson Crock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHARP, Judge.
Appellant has been granted a belated appeal from his conviction for aggravated assault. We affirm. We previously affirmed the sentence in Smith v. State, 395 So.2d 575 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); however, our decision predated the Florida Supreme Court's clarification of its opinion in Villery v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 396 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1981). Villery makes clear that a "split sentence" of two years in prison followed by three years on probation such as the one imposed by the trial court in this case is invalid. Because Villery has retroactive application appellant may seek relief from his illegal sentence by means of a motion for post-conviction relief before the trial court. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, C. J., and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., J., concur.
. § 784.021, Fla.Stat. (1979).