Cooper v. State

Appellant, Leon Cooper, appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence in which he seeks resentencing due to a computation error in his sentencing score-sheet. In the proceedings below, the trial court denied Cooper’s motion, concluding that the error was so minimal that a correction would have only a de minimus effect and resentencing was unnecessary. Cooper argues that the trial court erred because his sentence of 288 months was based on miscalculations in his scoresheet. The State concedes that Cooper’s original scoresheet was incorrect and…