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MacIas v. State

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  • 572 So. 2d 22
  • 1990 WL 211742

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  • holding it was error to increase a mandatory minimum sentence once the court entered a written sentence which the appellant had begun serving
  • \[A]n increase of a lawful sentence is expressly prohibited by case law and constitutes double jeopardy.\
  • \[A]n increase of a lawful sentence is expressly prohibited by case law and constitutes double jeopardy.\
  • where trial court sentenced defendant to ten years with three years minimum mandatory, court erred in entering order changing sentence to mandatory minimum ten years nunc pro tunc to original sentencing date, even if original pronouncement was oversight

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