Legal Opinion
Baptiste v. State of Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 14, 2025No. 1D2024-1031Published
1Opinion of the Court
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2024-1031 _____________________________ PETER M. BAPTISTE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Joshua M. Hawkes, Judge. May 14, 2025 PER CURIAM. Peter Baptiste appeals from an order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Baptiste argues that his sentence was illegal because under the Criminal Punishment Code (CPC) scoresheet, his sentence exceeded the maximum…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
- Ponton v. WillisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Baptiste v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- In re Adoption of Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.704 & 3.992 to Implement the Florida Criminal Punishment CodeSupreme Court of Florida · 1998