Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 6, 2009No. 5D08-1470Published

1Per curiam

Brad Evans appeals the denial of his motion brought pursuant to rule 3.800(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, which alleged three grounds for relief. One of Evans’ arguments is that it was illegal under Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 621 (Fla.1993), to impose habitual felony offender, (“HFO”), sentences of life consecutive to a non-HFO life sentence when all of his charges arose from a single criminal episode. We affirm the denial of this claim without prejudice to Evans’ right to again seek relief in the trial court through a rule 3.800(a) motion that specifically identifies…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  2. Taylor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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