Lewis v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Dino Lewis from a trial court order denying the defendant’s motion to correct an illegal sentence under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.800(a). We affirm the order under review, without prejudice to the defendant to file a motion to vacate judgment and sentence under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850 in the trial court, based on the following holdings. (1) The three-year mandatory minimum sentence imposed upon the defendant for armed robbery pursuant to Section 775.-087(2), Florida Statutes (1989), was illegal because the factual basis for the nolo contender e plea made at the time of…