Legal Opinion

Lentz v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 8, 1990No. 90-582PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

567 So.2d 997 (1990)

Paul Clair LENTZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 90-582.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 8, 1990.

Paul Clair Lentz, pro se.

No appearance for appellee.

2Per curiam

Paul Clair Lentz has appealed an order of the trial court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence. We affirm, but not for the reason propounded by the trial court.

The trial court denied Lentz's motion on the ground that he had raised the legality of his sentence on direct appeal. An error in sentencing that causes a defendant to be incarcerated for a greater length of time than…

3Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. Strickland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. Evans v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Lentz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Adamo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

4Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. RichardsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. Danzy v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  3. Kio v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  4. Nephew v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  5. Michael Jon Moss v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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