Johnson v. State

We affirm the summary denial of appellant’s rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. According to the motion, the appellant received a 100-year sentence in 1980 for armed robbery with a firearm. Because such an offense was a first degree felony punishable by life, the sentencing court was not limited to imposing a 30-year term as asserted in appellant’s motion. See Alvarez v. State, 358 So.2d 10 (Fla.1978) (affirming a 125-year sentence for armed robbery with a firearm); Green v. State, 630 So.2d 1193 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994) (affirming a 60-year sentence for armed robbery with a…