Perez v. State

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT VICTOR PEREZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2D10-1204 Opinion filed December 7, 2011. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Debra Johnes Riva, Judge. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow (withdrew after briefing); Charles M. Britt, III, of Charles M. Britt, III, P.A., Bradenton (substituted for counsel of record), for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. CRENSHAW, Judge. Victor Perez appeals his probation revocation and the resulting sentence to twelve years' prison for robbery. We affirm the probation revocation without further comment but remand to the trial court for entry of a corrected sentence reinstating Perez's youthful offender status. See Lee v. State, 67 So. 3d 1199, 1202 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) (" 'Once a circuit court has imposed a youthful offender sentence, it must continue that status upon resentencing after a violation of probation or community control.' " (quoting Blacker v. State, 49 So. 3d 785, 788 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010))). Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. WHATLEY and DAVIS, JJ., Concur. -2-

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