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Lowery v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 20, 1984
455 So. 2d 1152 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

No. 83-954.

September 20, 1984.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Marion County, Raymond T. McNeal, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Larry B. Henderson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Kenneth McLaughlin and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


This is an appeal from a conviction of escape.

Only one of the two points on appeal warrants a mention. Appellant says the trial judge erred in refusing to advise the jury a la Tascano v. State, 393 So.2d 540 (Fla. 1980) that any sentence of incarceration or probation which might be imposed would be consecutive. Appellant is correct that the sentence must be consecutive. § 944.40, Fla. Stat. (1981). He is incorrect when he says there is some requirement that the jury must be told about it. The standard jury instruction only requires the judge to tell the jury the maximum and minimum, if any, penalties. See Tascano. We decline to extend Tascano in any way at all.

AFFIRMED.

COBB, C.J., and COWART, J., concur.


Summaries of

Lowery v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 20, 1984
455 So. 2d 1152 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)
Case details for

Lowery v. State

Case Details

Full title:DONALD E. LOWERY, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 20, 1984

Citations

455 So. 2d 1152 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)