Legal Opinion

Flowers v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 4, 1977No. FF-357PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

351 So.2d 387 (1977)

Vernon FLOWERS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. FF-357.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 4, 1977.

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

Flowers appeals from the trial court's order denying his Rule 3.850 motion to set aside an illegal sentence. The issue is whether, as Flowers contends, he was sentenced on February 18, 1976, following the jury verdict, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. United States v. BenzSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Troupe v. RoweSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. O'NEAL v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. Knoblock v. KnoblockDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Norman Parker v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  2. Donald v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. State Ex Rel. Wilhoit v. WellsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  4. Farber v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  5. Nova v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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