Polite v. State, 371 So. 2d 206

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of attempted aggravated assault, two counts of false imprisonment, and two counts of attempted false imprisonment. The trial court adjudicated appellant guilty of the first count of aggravated assault and imposed a sentence of three years imprisonment. The court withheld adjudication on the remaining seven counts and imposed concurrent three-year probations on each, to run consecutive to the three-year imprisonment.

We affirm the convictions, and the sentences imposed for aggravated assault and false imprisonment. However, the crimes of attempted aggravated assault and attempted false imprisonment are first degree misdemeanors. §§ 777.04(4), 784.-021(2), 787.02(2), Fla.Stat. (1977). The maximum period of probation which may be imposed for a first degree misdemeanor is one year. See Watts v. State, 328 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976), § 775.082(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1977). The three-year terms of probation imposed below are thus excessive.

We remand for resentencing on the two counts of attempted aggravated assault and two counts of attempted false imprisonment.

OTT, A. C. J., and RYDER and DAN-AHY, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Polite v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: May 18, 1979

Citations: 371 So. 2d 206; 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14643; No. 78-2312

Docket Number: No. 78-2312

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.