Legal Opinion

Bray v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 14, 2011No. 4D10-5187PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

We affirm the trial court’s denial of appellant’s Rule 3.800(a) motion. Appellant’s motion did not establish that the face of the record showed that his life sentence as habitual violent felony offender was illegal. To the extent appellant sought the extraordinary relief granted in Johnson v. State, 9 So.3d 640 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), and Stephens v. State, 974 So.2d 455 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), appellant was sentenced as a habitual violent felony offender. The sentencing provisions pertaining to habitual violent felony offenders, section 775.084(4)(b), Florida Statutes, never contained the anomalous…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burdick v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Stephens v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  3. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Santos v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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