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Counce v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jun 28, 1978
363 So. 2d 351 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

Nos. 77-2022, 77-2023.

June 28, 1978.

Appeals from Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; Charles H. Scruggs, III, Judge.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Wayne Chalu, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, 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.

GRIMES, Acting C.J., and SCHEB and OTT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Counce v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jun 28, 1978
363 So. 2d 351 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Counce v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM W. COUNCE, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jun 28, 1978

Citations

363 So. 2d 351 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)