Legal Opinion

Bynes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 14, 2012No. 4D11-4508PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Per curiam

We reverse the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to correct illegal sentence and remand for resentencing. The trial court failed to address ground two of appellant’s motion. Appellant correctly argued in this ground that his violent career criminal (VCC) sentences on count three (aggravated fleeing and eluding) and count seven (grand theft) are illegal. These offenses are not enumerated by the VCC statute. See § 775.084(l)(d), Fla. Stat. (2002) (enumerating qualifying and predicate offenses, including “any forcible felony, as described in s. 776.08”). Nor are these offenses…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. HearnsSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Perkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Ubilla v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. T.K. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. WILLIAM E. BYNES v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  3. State v. BynesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. ANTIONE HASTIE v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  5. Travis Ball v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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