Jackson v. State

ERVIN, Judge.

Cliff Jackson appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his motion to correct illegal sentence. Because the trial court incorrectly determined that Jackson’s claims were not cognizable under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Jackson and an accomplice committed an armed robbery of a savings and loan association in 1982, during which they killed a police officer and wounded another. Jackson pled guilty and was convicted of felony murder, attempted murder, and three counts of armed robbery. He asserts that the three armed-robbery…