Legal Opinion

Marion v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 23, 2003No. 2D02-558PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CASANUEVA, Judge.

Roosevelt Marion, Jr.’s Anders1 counsel pointed out that the sentencing documents erroneously reflect that Mr. Marion is to serve a three-year habitual felony offender sentence consecutive to an eight-year guidelines term. When habitual and guidelines sentences are imposed consecutively, the habitual sentence is to be served first to preserve the defendant’s entitlement, if any, to control release. Hall v. State, 821 So.2d 1154, 1155 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (citing Smith v. State, 682 So.2d 95, 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994)). Because this appears to be a scrivener’s error, we remand for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. In Re Anders BriefsSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  4. Hall v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  5. Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial AdministrationSupreme Court of Florida · 1996

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Shepherd v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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