Donald McCormick v. State of Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
■Donald McCormick- appeals an order summarily denying -his rule 3.800(a) motion to-correct illegal sentence. We affirm and write to caution the appellant against filing frivolous pleadings.
McCormick was convicted of second-degree murder in 1991. His written- sentence reflects he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a fifteen-year mandatory minimum as a habitual violent felony offender (HVFO). See § 775.084(4)(b)l., Fla. Stat. (1991) (providing that an HVFO offender who.commits a felony of the first degree may be sentenced to “life” and “shall, not be eligible for release for 15 years”).
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