Negron v. State

Negron appeals the summary denial of his “Emergency Writ of Habeas Corpus,” which the trial court appropriately treated as a rule 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. We reverse because the trial judge incorrectly believed that the date a defendant completed boot camp, not the date that he committed his original offense, was the date to use in determining the applicable law when sentencing on a violation of probation under section 958.045, Florida Statutes.

In April 2008, Negron pled guilty to two felony drug offenses. He was sentenced as a youthful offender to concurrent terms of…