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Monroe v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 9, 2010
36 So. 3d 930 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

Summary

holding sentence of thirty-five years in prison with ten years' probation for second-degree murder is within the statutory maximum under 1997 statutes

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Opinion

No. 4D09-2892.

June 9, 2010.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Mily Rodriguez-Powell, Judge; L.T. Case No. 98-16736 CF10A.

Willie Monroe, Miami, pro se.

No response required for appellee.


Affirmed. Appellant's sentence of thirty-five years in prison with ten years probation for second degree murder is not illegal, as the statutory maximum is thirty years to life. See §§ 782.04(2), 775.082(3)(b), Fla. Stat. (1997); see also Mills v. State, 642 So.2d 15 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994) (affirming a fifty year sentence for second degree murder).

WARNER, DAMOORGIAN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Monroe v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 9, 2010
36 So. 3d 930 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

holding sentence of thirty-five years in prison with ten years' probation for second-degree murder is within the statutory maximum under 1997 statutes

Summary of this case from Olive v. State
Case details for

Monroe v. State

Case Details

Full title:Willie MONROE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 9, 2010

Citations

36 So. 3d 930 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

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