Cowart v. State

749 So.2d 506 (1999)

Melvin COWART, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 99-03922.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 5, 1999.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Melvin Cowart appeals the denial of his postconviction motion to correct an illegal sentence, which he filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm because Mr. Cowart must address this issue with a motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

Mr. Cowart entered into a…