Cook v. State

Donald Cook appeals the denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. Cook was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 25 years in prison for attempted first degree murder, a life felony. Before the enactment of Chapter 95-182, Laws of .Florida, life felonies were. not subject to habitual offender enhancement. Lamont v. State, 610 So.2d 435 (Fla.1992). Chapter 95-182 was declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject requirement. State v. Thompson, 750 So.2d 643 (Fla.1999). Remedial legislation closed the window period on May 24,…