Landers v. State

Appellant, Aurther Landers, challenges his conviction and sentence for delivery of cocaine. We affirm his conviction, but reverse his sentence.

The trial court originally sentenced Appellant as a habitual felony offender. On October 18,1995, Appellant timely filed his notice of appeal. The next day the State filed a Motion to Correct Sentence due to noncompliance with the habitual felony offender statute. At the hearing on the motion, the State argued that the predicate for a habitual felony offender sentence did not exist due to the lack of sequential prior convictions, but that a habitual…