Greene v. State, 96-729

• Decision Date: 10 January 1997
• Docket Number: No. 96-729,96-729
• Citation: 686 So.2d 739
• Parties: 22 Fla. L. Weekly D173 Lee GREENE, Jr. Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

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686 So.2d 739

22 Fla. L. Weekly D173

Lee GREENE, Jr. Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-729.

District Court of Appeal of Florida,

Fifth District.

Jan. 10, 1997.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dan D. Hallenberg, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

GRIFFIN, Judge.

Lee Greene, Jr. ["defendant"] was convicted of the unlawful sale, purchase or delivery of a controlled substance in Case Number 92-1152. He was sentenced to three and one-half years in the Department of Corrections, to be followed by six and one-half years' probation. After serving the incarcerative portion of his sentence, and embarking on his probation, he was charged with a number of additional substantive offenses. In particular, he was charged with dealing in stolen property and failure to appear (Case No. 94-1907) and four counts of the unlawful sale of cocaine (Case Nos. 95-619, 95-620, 95-622, and 95-623). He was also charged with violating his probation in Case Number 92-1152 by committing each of these new substantive offenses. After pleading nolo contendere to all of these offenses, defendant was sentenced to five and one-half years in prison for violating his probation in Case Number 92-1152, with credit for 239 days served. He was also sentenced to forty-nine months in prison on each of the charges involved in Case Number 94-1907, all sentences to run concurrently. With respect to each of the remaining cases, defendant was sentenced to fifteen years' probation, to run consecutive to the sentences imposed in Case Numbers 92-1152 and 94-1907.

We agree with defendant, and the state has conceded, that defendant's sentences violate his plea agreement, which was approved by the court. Upon accepting defendant's plea to these charges, the court stated:

I have indicated to your attorney that I will give you a Guidelines sentence of incarceration on one charge. The remaining charges, you'll be placed on probation consecutive to the incarceration.

The judge is not bound to honor the plea, but he must give the defendant the right to withdraw the plea if he decides to deviate from its terms. Goins v. State, 672 So.2d 30 (Fla.1996); Harnage v. State, 680 So.2d 626 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). We also agree with defendant that to the extent he is sentenced to a guidelines sentence in case number 92-1152, he will be entitled to credit for the three and one-half years previously served in prison on these...