Tessier v. Moe

Mar 26, 1986
No. 4-86-0225
Reporters:
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Before:
Dell
PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, pro se, seeks a writ of mandamus which we ‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍treat as a petition for writ of certiorari and grant. ’ The trial court modified petitioner’s sentence by vacating a ‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍monetary assessment and imposing fifty hours of community service at the termination of his incarceration in lieu of that assessment. The ‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍fifty hours of community service represent an increase in petitioner’s sentence and an increase of a lawful sentence is prohibited. Troupe v. ‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍Rowe, 283 So.2d 857 (Fla.1973); Cherry v. State, 439 So.2d 998 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). This matter is remanded to the trial court for further ‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍proceedings consistent with this opinion.

CERTIORARI GRANTED.

DOWNEY, GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.