Opinion
No. 75-1837.
September 17, 1976.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Robert E. Beach, J.
Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and David S. Bergdoll, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
The judgment of guilt is affirmed. The maximum sentence for the crime of second degree murder is life imprisonment. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment plus ninety-nine years. Therefore, the case is remanded with directions for the sentence to be reduced to life imprisonment, without the necessity of appellant being present when the sentence is reduced.
HOBSON, A.C.J., and GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.