Legal Opinion

Godwin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 12, 2013No. 5D13-935PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEvander, J.

Godwin appeals the denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to rule 3.800(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The State properly concedes error.

Godwin was charged with twenty-three counts of possession of child pornography in violation of section 827.071(5), Florida Statutes (2011). A plea agreement was entered into between the State and God-win, whereby Godwin would plead nolo contendere to Counts I through X and be sentenced to ten years imprisonment. In return, the State would nolle prosequi the remaining thirteen counts. The trial court accepted Godwin’s plea…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Buchanan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. Sands v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  3. Tilley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  2. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014

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