Legal Opinion

Morales v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 27, 2005No. 2D05-169PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.

Ismael Morales appeals an order denying his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) to correct an illegal sentence. We reverse. After concluding that Mr. Morales’ sentences were legal and denying the motion to correct sentence, the trial court ordered that Mr. Morales’ legal sentences be amended. The amendment added fifteen years’ imprisonment to the sentences. We reverse both the order denying the motion and the amended sentences.

Our review is complicated by the fact that the attachments to the order on appeal do not include the original…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. PowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. Lewis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. Martin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  4. Wardlaw v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  2. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  3. Renaud v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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