636 So. 2d 890 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1994
John Ernest Verble has appealed from judgment and sentence imposed following his plea of nolo contendere to shooting into a building and carrying a concealed firearm. We reverse, and remand for resentencing.
Verble was charged with shooting into a building, aggravated assault, and carrying a concealed firearm (Counts I — III, respectively). The trial court thereafter accepted his plea of nolo contendere to Counts I and III, in return for a guidelines sentence and a nolle prosequi of Count II.
The scoresheet prepared for sentencing reflected a total of 68 points, corresponding
A trial court must impose a sentence for each offense. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(12). The trial judge herein pronounced a single split sentence of 3)6 years incarceration followed by 5 years probation, without specifying the offense to which the sentence applied.
Based on the totality of the circumstances as set forth above, we reverse the sentences imposed below, and remand for resentencing.
. We note that this sentence would be illegal as to the offense of carrying a concealed firearm, a third-degree felony with a maximum statutory term of 5 years. See Committee Note to Fla. R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(12) (if a split sentence is imposed, the total sanction — incarceration and probation — shall not exceed the term provided by general law).