Johnson v. State

NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.

Danny Johnson pleaded guilty to obtaining property with a worthless check and to grand theft, and he was sentenced for these crimes on August 4, 2005. At the sentencing hearing, the court stated that these two sentences were to run concurrently.

On October 19, 2006, Johnson filed a motion to correct his sentence. Fla. R. Crim. P. 8.800(a). He asserted that although the court had announced that his sentences were to run concurrently, the Department of Corrections was running them consecutively. In January 2007, the postconviction court summarily denied Johnson’s motion,…