Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Ronald Cote v. State of Florida

Case No. 00-1327

Manatee County

Cote, a juvenile, was sentenced in adult court to community control. In error, the sentencing order said he had been sentenced in juvenile court. When he later violated community control, Cote was held in contempt by the juvenile court and sentenced to juvenile detention. Later, the adult court sentenced him to a suspended sentence, community control, and probation based on the same violation. Cote appealed on grounds he had been sentenced in violation of the right against double jeopardy, but the Second District affirmed, saying the juvenile court acted without jurisdiction.