Case Name: Scott SYMINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-01-31
Citations: 777 So. 2d 1131
Docket Number: No. 4D99-3384
Parties: Scott SYMINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 777
Pages: 1131–1132

Head Matter:
Scott SYMINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D99-3384.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 31, 2001.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After the trial court found appellant guilty of violating his probation, it sentenced him to concurrent sentences of five and one-half years imprisonment on uttering a forged prescription charges. Appellant moved without success to correct his sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2).
As the state concedes, appellant's crimes were third degree felonies when committed and such crimes were punishable by up to five years imprisonment. See § 775.082(3)(d), Fla.Stat. (1993). The sentences were controlled by the 1993 sentencing guidelines. See § 921.001(4)(b), Fla.Stat. (2000).
The five and one-half year sentences are thus in excess of the statutory maximum. We therefore vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing in accordance with the sentencing guidelines applicable to appellant's 1993 offenses.
STONE, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.