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Tucker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Mar 14, 1979
368 So. 2d 632 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 78-914.

March 14, 1979.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Sumter County; E.C. Aulls, Jr., Judge.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, 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, A.C.J., and SCHEB and RYDER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tucker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Mar 14, 1979
368 So. 2d 632 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)
Case details for

Tucker v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHARLIE TUCKER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Mar 14, 1979

Citations

368 So. 2d 632 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)