Hall v. State

HALL, Judge.

Odell Hall appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse.

Appellant alleges that he is serving consecutive prison sentences of one hundred years for two counts of first-degree murder. The offenses occurred in 1971, and the sentences were imposed in 1974. Then, as now, the only authorized sentences for capital felonies were death by electrocution or life in prison. § 775.082, Fla.Stat. (1971, 1985). If appellant’s allegations are correct the sentences imposed in this case should be corrected. Hopkins v. State, 418 So.2d 1183 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

We…