Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 14, 2015No. 3D15-2151Published

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Judge.

Lazarus Morris appeals an order denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 motion to correct an illegal sentence. Morris claims the trial court erred in imposing both habitual violent offender and prison release reoffender sentences following a negotiated plea to one count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm as a principal because the state failed to serve written notice of its intent to seek enhanced penalties prior to sentencing. We affirm the order under review because the record confirms that the trial court previously deleted the habitual violent offender…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Akers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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