Legal Opinion

Tarnawa v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 12, 2001No. 2D00-3391Published

1Per curiam

Donald W. Tarnawa appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm the trial court’s denial of Tarnawa’s Heggs1 claim.

However, we reverse and remand oh Tarnawa’s second claim because the trial court’s order failed to address this issue. Tarnawa has asserted that the trial court erred in sentencing him in these three cases with a single guidelines score-sheet. This type of error is cognizable in a motion to correct illegal sentence. See Burch v. State, 640 So.2d 95 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). If the trial…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Heggs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Burch v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API