Case Name: Charles HECTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-05-09
Citations: 370 So. 2d 447
Docket Number: No. KK-83
Parties: Charles HECTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: McCORD, C. J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 370
Pages: 447–447

Head Matter:
Charles HECTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. KK-83.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 9, 1979.
Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The question on this appeal is whether the trial court improperly based appellant's two-year prison sentence for grand larceny on the fact that he had not pleaded guilty and had demanded a jury trial on the charge. Reading the trial court's comments in their entirety, it appears that the sentence was based on appellant's apparent untruthfulness during his trial testimony, which is a proper sentencing consideration. U. S. v. Grayson, 438 U.S. 41, 98 S.Ct. 2610, 57 L.Ed.2d 582 (1978). Accordingly, we uphold the sentence. We note, however, that if the trial court had considered appellant's failure to confess to the crime in imposing sentence, such consideration would have been error. Thomas v. U. S., 368 F.2d 941 (5th Cir. 1966); U. S. v. Rodriguez, 498 F.2d 302 (5th Cir. 1974).
AFFIRMED.
McCORD, C. J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.