Brown v. State

Appellant challenges the trial court’s partial denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Because appellant’s sentences exceed the statutory máximums for his convictions, we are constrained to reverse.

On November 25, 1992, appellant was convicted of two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and one count of inciting a riot, and was sentenced as an habitual violent felony offender to consecutive terms of 10 years in prison with concurrent 5-year mandatory mínimums on each count. On direct appeal, we affirmed appellant’s convictions and…