Legal Opinion

Paris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 28, 2015No. 3D14-1402PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLagoa, J.

Rhondel Paris appeals from an order denying his post-conviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the trial court’s denial.

“A rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence is intended to address cases in which the sentence imposes ‘a kind of punishment that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes could possibly inflict under any set of factual circumstances.’ ” Rutherford v. State, 93 So.3d 1132, 1132 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (quoting Carter v. State, 786 So.2d 1173, 1178 (Fla.2001)); see also Judge…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  2. Judge v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  3. Rutherford v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. BILLY DAVIS v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  2. Middleton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  3. Thorson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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