Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 25, 1998No. 98-2972PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Appellant Michael Adams appeals the denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence, filed pursuant to rule 3.800(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We find cognizable one ground of that motion: that he received an illegal habitual sentence on one count of possession of cocaine and one count of possession of cannabis.1 The trial court’s order of denial explained that Appellant was sentenced as a habitual offender only on his *138delivery of cocaine charges. However, the trial court did not attach any portions of the record, such as sentencing documents, to support its denial. Therefore, we…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Judge v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Ellis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Knight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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