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Pittman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 24, 1993
620 So. 2d 1232 (Fla. 1993)

Opinion

No. 79690.

June 24, 1993.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict of Decisions, Second District — Case No. 91-00943, Polk County.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kevin Briggs, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Brenda S. Taylor and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


We have for review Pittman v. State, 595 So.2d 1101 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), in which the district court recognized conflict with Lang v. State, 566 So.2d 1354 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990). We find conflict and have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution.

The issue in the instant case is whether a negotiated plea agreement to impose adult sanctions on a juvenile waives the juvenile's rights under section 39.059, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990). We addressed this issue in Sirmons v. State, 620 So.2d 1249 (Fla. 1993), and held that absent an intelligent and knowing waiver on the record a negotiated plea agreement does not waive a juvenile's rights for the court to make written findings and reasons for the imposition of adult sanctions. Id. at 1251.

The record shows that the juvenile in the instant case did not intelligently or knowingly waive his right to have the trial court determine the appropriateness of adult sanctions. Therefore, the case must be remanded to the trial court for resentencing.

Accordingly, we quash the decision below and remand for proceedings consistent with this Court's opinion in Sirmons.

It is so ordered.

OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

BARKETT, C.J., concurs specially with an opinion.


I concur, but with the same reservations I expressed in Sirmons v. State, 620 So.2d 1249 (Fla. 1993).


Summaries of

Pittman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 24, 1993
620 So. 2d 1232 (Fla. 1993)
Case details for

Pittman v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM FENELL PITTMAN, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 24, 1993

Citations

620 So. 2d 1232 (Fla. 1993)

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