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Amento v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 29, 1992
591 So. 2d 1163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 90-2898.

January 29, 1992.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge.

Joseph S. Karp, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Defendant Amento received a thirty year sentence for conviction of false imprisonment with a weapon, a second degree felony. Sections 787.02(2), 775.087(1)(c), Fla. Stat. (1991). Section 775.082(3)(c) limits sentences for such convictions to fifteen years. We therefore REMAND with instructions to correct this portion of Amento's sentence accordingly. In all other respects, the case is

AFFIRMED AS CORRECTED.

HERSEY, GUNTHER and FARMER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Amento v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 29, 1992
591 So. 2d 1163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)
Case details for

Amento v. State

Case Details

Full title:PAUL AMENTO, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 29, 1992

Citations

591 So. 2d 1163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)