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Brunicarde v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 17, 1978
360 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

No. 77-1206.

May 17, 1978.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Mark R. McGarry, Jr., J.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


After reviewing the briefs and record on appeal, we find the appellant has failed to demonstrate reversible error; therefore, the judgment appealed is affirmed.

The only point which merits discussion is the propriety of the appellant's sentence to confinement "at hard labor." To be imprisoned "at hard labor" is improper because no existing state statute provides for its imposition as a sentence for any offense. Speller v. State, 305 So.2d 231 (Fla.2d DCA 1974).

Remanded for the purpose of striking the language "at hard labor" from the sentencing order; otherwise affirmed. Appellant need not be present for this purpose.

HOBSON, Acting C.J., and SCHEB and DANAHY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Brunicarde v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 17, 1978
360 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Brunicarde v. State

Case Details

Full title:DENNIS W. BRUNICARDE, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 17, 1978

Citations

360 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)