Harris v. State

Appellant challenges the trial court s retention of jurisdiction over one-third of his forty-five year sentence for kidnapping with a weapon. We affirm.

Appellant filed a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.800(a) and argued, inter alia, that the trial court failed to offer sufficient reasons for its retention of jurisdiction as required under section 947.16(3), Florida Statutes (1982).1 The trial court denied appellant’s motion in this regard, reasoning that this court’s earlier denial of appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus had established the law of the…