Morales v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
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…
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