Castellanos v. State

ON MOTION TO CORRECT SCRIVENER’S ERROR

We hereby grant appellant’s motion to correct scrivener’s error in our opinion issued May 4, 2011. The corrected opinion is as follows:

Ydel Noel Castellanos (“the defendant”) appeals the denial of his Florida Criminal Rule of Procedure 3.800 motion for post-conviction relief. We reverse.

In 1996, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to life in prison as a habitual felony offender. Two cases were used to qualify the defendant for habitual felony offender status: (1) a 1992 case in which adjudication was withheld and the defendant was placed on…