Shelton v. State

Appellant James Shelton (“Shelton”) appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence based upon ineffective assistance of counsel. In July 2003, Shelton pled guilty in ten separate cases based on a plea *681agreement that capped his sentence at 139 months with a ten-year minimum mandatory based on Florida’s 10-20-life statute.1 Under the agreement, Shelton was allowed to request a youthful offender designation. In August 2003, the trial court rejected the youthful offender designation and sentenced Shelton as follows:

Case 2003-CF-2001: one count of…