Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 24, 2009No. 2D08-2310PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
John Knight challenges the order of the postconviction court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The trial court has twice considered and rejected Knight’s claim that his attempted second-degree murder conviction was illegally reclassified from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony. Because this court determines that there exists no manifest injustice that would warrant reconsideration of the issue, 1 we affirm the order of the postconviction court.
The trial transcript establishes that Knight…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Washington v. RecuencoSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- State v. SchoppSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Galindez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
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3Cited by17 opinions
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