Pifer v. State

KELLY, Judge.

Chad Pifer challenges the summary denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We reverse and remand because the postconviction court should have considered his motion as if it were filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

Pifer pleaded guilty to the offenses charged in eighteen separate cases and was sentenced to twelve years’ incarceration to be followed by ten years’ drug offender probation. In his rule 3.800(a) motion, Pifer alleged that his sentence was illegal because it exceeded the…