Pifer v. State

KHOUZAM, Judge.

Chad Pifer appeals an order denying his claims for postconviction relief. He also challenges his resentencing on remand. 1 We affirm, but we write to address an issue that was raised in the trial court by way of a motion to correct a sentencing error pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). The issue involves Pifer’s resentencing, on remand, by a suc cessor judge without a showing that a substitution of judges was necessary.

In December 2005, Pifer entered a plea in eighteen separate cases involving burglary, dealing in stolen property, grand theft, possession…