Weaver v. State, 90-2219

Decision Date29 October 1991
Docket NumberNo. 90-2219,90-2219
Parties16 Fla. L. Weekly D2755 Arthur Lee WEAVER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Alphonso S. Milligan and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Arthur Lee Weaver, appeals from an amended sentencing order. We reverse.

Pursuant to the defendant's plea of nolo contendere, the trial court sentenced the defendant to 364 days in prison and ordered him to pay $500.00 to the victim as restitution. This sentence was announced on June 7, 1990. On August 16, 1990, the state orally moved to amend the restitution amount to $4,254.20 because the victim was not present at the initial sentencing hearing and the actual damages were more than those originally imposed. Over the defendant's objection, the trial court granted the state's motion and raised the amount of restitution to $4,254.80.

We agree with the defendant that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to impose additional restitution seventy days after the original restitution amount was ordered. Rule 3.800(b), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure (1989), gives the trial court jurisdiction to reduce or modify a legal sentence within sixty days of imposition. Since more than sixty days had passed between the sentencing hearing and the second restitution hearing, the trial court's jurisdiction to modify the defendant's sentence had elapsed. See McLaughlin v. State, 573 So.2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); State v. Butz, 568 So.2d 537 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). Accordingly, we vacate the trial court's order rendered August 16, 1990, increasing the amount of restitution.

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  • State v. Sanderson
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • October 7, 1993
    ...must determine the amount of restitution within sixty days of imposing sentence or it will lose jurisdiction. E.g., Weaver v. State, 588 So.2d 53 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); McLaughlin v. State, 573 So.2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); State v. Butz, 568 So.2d 537 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). In other cases, howe......
  • Gonzalez v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • April 30, 2008
    ...3.700, and that the oral pronouncement should start the time period for purposes of rule 3.800(c). We agree. See Weaver v. State, 588 So.2d 53, 54 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); see also L'Heureux v. State, 968 So.2d 628, 630 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007); Scott v. State, 629 So.2d 280, 281 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993). ......
  • Bowling v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • February 14, 1997
    ...payments where it attempted to add that condition more than 60 days after the original sentence was imposed); Weaver v. State, 588 So.2d 53 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991) (holding trial court without jurisdiction to impose additional restitution because more than 60 days had passed between the sentenci......
  • Scott v. State, 93-249
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • December 17, 1993
    ...orders. See Boykin v. State, 617 So.2d 823 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Campbell v. State, 614 So.2d 600 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Weaver v. State, 588 So.2d 53 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); State v. Butz, 568 So.2d 537 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). See also State v. Sanderson, 625 So.2d 471 (Fla.1993). We reject the stat......
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