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State v. Allen, Case No. 2D08-2343 (Fla. App. 4/15/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. GEORGE MARKIS ALLEN, Appellee. Case No. 2D08-2343. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Opinion filed April 15, 2009.Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Joseph A. Bulone, Judge. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee. VILLANTI, Judge. The State appeals the sentence imposed on sixteen-year-old George Allen, contending that it was an illegal sentence under the statutes applicable to juveniles charged by mandatory direct-file informations. We agree, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings...continue to full post

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