Hamilton v. State

890 So.2d 1250 (2005)

Willie L. HAMILTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D04-4216.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 19, 2005.

Willie L. Hamilton, Punta Gorda, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We reverse the trial court's summary denial of appellant's motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The trial court erred in rejecting appellant's claim that his sentence to 30 years in prison for attempted…