Court Opinion

ID: 7594584
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 06:50:43.544762+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:24:42.684974
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CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Darrell Wilcox, was convicted of trespass, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting an officer with violence. Appellant was sentenced to five and one-half years for the battery on a law enforcement officer. We reverse and remand.
Appellant contends, and the State concedes, that it was fundamental error to *1137sentence appellant to five and one-half years for battery on a law enforcement officer. We agree.
Battery on a law enforcement officer is a third degree felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison. Sections 784.-07, 775.082, Fla.Stat. (1989). “It is undis-putable that an error in sentencing that causes a defendant to be incarcerated or restrained for a greater length of time than the law permits is fundamental.” Gonzalez v. State, 392 So.2d 334 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for resentencing.