Morris v. State

The trial court’s attempt to fashion an appropriate sentence for a substance abusing offender is questioned in this appeal. After entering a plea, the defendant appeals the denial of his Rule 3.800(a) motion, challenging the legality of his sentence to drug offender probation. He argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him to drug offender probation for non-drug charges. Legally, he is correct, which requires us to reverse. However, recent changes in the drug offender probation statute will now eliminate this issue in the future.

The defendant entered a negotiated plea, on charges of…