Shellman v. State, 68--641

Citation222 So.2d 789
Decision Date21 May 1969
Docket NumberNo. 68--641,68--641
PartiesAndre Lee SHELLMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and Edwin I. Ford, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.

PIERCE, Judge.

This is an appeal by appellant Andre Lee Shellman from an adjudication of guilt and sentence by the Court upon a plea of guilty to an information charging breaking and entering an automobile with intent to commit petit larceny.

The only contention urged in behalf of Shellman in this Court is that the trial Judge was in error in sentencing the defendant to the statutory maximum sentence of ten years in the State Prison. But the rule was definitely laid down by the Florida Supreme Court in Brown v. State, 1943, 152 Fla. 853, 13 So.2d 458, that--

'* * * in cases where the objection is to the particular sentence, and not to the statute under which it has been imposed, a sentence which is within the limit fixed by statute is not cruel and unusual and is therefore valid, no matter how harsh and severe it may appear to be in a particular case, because the constitutional prohibition has reference to the statute fixing the punishment, and not to the punishment assessed by the jury or court within the limits fixed by statute. If the statute is not in violation of the Constitution, then any punishment assessed by a court or jury within the limits fixed thereby cannot be adjudged excessive, for the reason that the power to declare what punishment may be assessed against those convicted of crime is not a judicial power, but a legislative power, controlled only by the provisions of the Constitution.'

The above holding in Brown was followed in Walker v. State, Fla.1950, 44 So.2d 814. See also Rohdin v. State, Fla.App.1958, 105 So.2d 371; Infante v. State, Fla.App.1967, 197 So.2d 542; and Dickinson v. State, Fla.App.1965, 170 So.2d 594. See also Green v. State, 1935, 121 Fla. 307, 163 So. 712.

F.S. Section 810.051, F.S.A. provides that 'Whoever breaks and enters any automobile * * * with intent to commit any crime * * * shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by * * * imprisonment * * * for not more than ten years in the state prison * * *'. Concededly, this may be a harsh maximum punishment, considering that the breaking and entering...

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    • Court of Appeal of Florida (US)
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    ...be inquired into upon the appellate level.’ ” Nusspickel v. State, 966 So.2d 441, 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (quoting Shellman v. State, 222 So.2d 789, 790 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969)). However, an exception exists where “a court ... consider [s] charges of which an accused has been acquitted in passing......
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    • Court of Appeal of Florida (US)
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    • Court of Appeal of Florida (US)
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    ...be inquired into upon the appellate level.'" Nusspickel v. State, 966 So. 2d 441, 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (quoting Shellman v. State, 222 So. 2d 789, 790 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969)). "However, an exception exists when the trial court considers constitutionally impermissible factors in imposing a sen......
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