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Gates v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 4, 1989
535 So. 2d 359 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

No. 87-3063.

January 4, 1989.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Indian River County; L.B. Vocelle, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The record shows that during the oral pronouncement of sentence, the trial judge made inconsistent statements concerning whether he intended to impose consecutive or concurrent sentences on appellant. The sentences rendered maintained this inconsistency. Therefore, we affirm appellant's convictions and remand this cause to the trial court with directions to clarify the sentences imposed and to enter such corrected sentencing orders as may be appropriate.

AFFIRMED IN PART and REMANDED.

LETTS, DELL and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Gates v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 4, 1989
535 So. 2d 359 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)
Case details for

Gates v. State

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD GATES, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 4, 1989

Citations

535 So. 2d 359 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

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