Langdon v. State

The appellant was charged with the crime of rape. He was admitted to a mentally disordered sexual offender program, pursuant to § 917.19, Fla.Stat. Following completion of the program, he was returned to face the criminal charges, pursuant to § 917.20 Fla.Stat., whereupon he entered a plea of guilty. After extensive hearing and examination of the records before him, the trial judge sentenced the defendant to life. He appeals and contends that this is an illegal sentence because of the following two reasons: (1) That in imposing sentence, *805the trial court abused its discretion in failing to…