Summary
relying on Gray in dismissing a state appeal of an order modifying probation
Summary of this case from State v. LafaveOpinion
No. 4D10–2496.
2011-08-17
STATE of Florida, Appellant,v.Brian K. RUSSELL, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; John J. Hoy, Judge; L.T. Case No.2007CF014879AMB.Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.Craig A. Boudreau, Wellington, for appellee.PER CURIAM.
Dismissed. See State v. Gray, 721 So.2d 370, 370–71 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (noting that “[p]ursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(c)(1), the state can appeal an illegal sentence or a downward departure sentence,” but finding no authority for the state to appeal a modification of probation because such action is not a sentence).
STEVENSON, GROSS, JJ., and STREITFELD, JEFFREY E., Associate Judge, concur.