Christian Aristidou v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 4, 2021
Docket2D19-4882
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
CHRISTIAN ARISTIDOU,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 2D19-4882
August 4, 2021
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Nick
Nazaretian, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Richard P. Albertine,
Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elba Caridad
Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Christian Aristidou appeals an order revoking his probation in
two cases comprising multiple counts. On appeal, Aristidou
challenges the revocation order as to only two third-degree felonies.
Aristidou argues that the trial court was without jurisdiction to
revoke his probation on those counts because he had already
served more than the five-year statutory maximum in jail, in prison,
and on probation.
The State concedes that Aristidou is correct, and we agree.
See Borrego v. State, 98 So. 3d 225, 225 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) ("When
a trial court imposes a sentence of incarceration followed by
probation, the combined term cannot exceed the statutory
maximum for the offense." (citing Manning v. State, 961 So. 2d
1135, 1136 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007))); Tucker v. State, 873 So. 2d 1239,
1241 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (agreeing that because appellant had
served more than the statutory maximum sentence on her offenses,
"she was not legally on probation at the time it was revoked [so
that] the trial court was without jurisdiction to revoke her probation
and sentence her to prison"); Gonzales v. State, 816 So. 2d 720, 722
(Fla. 5th DCA 2002) ("If the combination of probation and prison
term exceeds the statutory maximum and the maximum has been
expended, the balance of the probation being invalid cannot be
revoked and the defendant resentenced.").
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Accordingly, we reverse the revocation of Aristidou's probation
as to counts four and five in case no. 13-CF-015460. On remand
the circuit court shall vacate the revocation order, enter an
amended revocation order consistent with this opinion, and
resentence Aristidou on the other charges based on a corrected
scoresheet as necessary. We otherwise affirm.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
SILBERMAN and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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