STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
ANGELA MARIE SEWARD, APPELLEE
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PER CURIAM.
The defendant was sentenced to time served and adjudication was withheld. This was improper and we reverse.
Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.670 and Thomas v. State, 356 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978), adjudication cannot be withheld if a jail term is imposed. However, adjudication can be withheld if the defendant is put on probation rather than incarcerated. See State v. Scarantino, 543 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
Since both the defendant and the state were satisfied with the withholding of adjudication, we remand to the trial court with instructions to impose probation with a condition that the defendant serve two days in jail, with credit for the two days which she has already served. See § 948.03, Fla.Stat. (1987); Smith v. State, 484 So. 2d 581 (Fla.1986); Lewis v. State, 298 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974); State v. Williams, 237 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
LETTS, DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
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State v. Scarantino, 543 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)…edure 3.670 and Thomas v. State, 356 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978), adjudication cannot be withheld if a jail term is imposed. However, adjudication can be withheld if the defendant is put on probation rather than incarcerated. See State v. Seward, 543 So. 2d 398 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). Accordingly, we reverse. We remand for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith. REVERSED AND REMANDED. DELL and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.…
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State v. Oates, 610 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992)…s. As such, the sentencing was improper. As a general rule, adjudication cannot be withheld if a defendant is incarcerated. State v. Green, 581 So. 2d 1008 (Fla. 4th DCA1991); State v. Scarantino, 543 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 4th DCA1989); State v. Seward, 543 So. 2d 398 (Fla. 4th DCA1989); Thomas v. State, 356 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 361 So. 2d 835 (Fla.1978); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.670. However, adjudication can be withheld under the Youthful Offender Act if the incarceration is a condition of probation…
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- State v. Wardell Robert Williams, 237 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970)
- Thomas v. State, 356 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)
- Lewis v. State, 298 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974)
- Smith v. State, 484 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 1986)
- State v. Scarantino, 543 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)