Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 22, 2006No. 2D06-648PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

937 So.2d 827 (2006)

Errol D. BROOKS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D06-648.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 22, 2006.

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Errol D. Brooks appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Brooks's rule 3.800(a) motion challenges the life sentence he received at resentencing following our decision in Brooks v. State, 768 So.2d 513 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We note, and the State concedes, that the trial court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Fain v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Wallen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  2. Mathis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. Campbell v. Commercial Service of Perry, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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