Bauer v. State

We affirm the denial of appellant’s ninth motion to correct an illegal sentence. Appellant claims that his habitual felony offender sentence is illegal because a prior grand theft conviction cannot serve as a predicate conviction for HFO sentencing. He is wrong. See § 775.084(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (1999).

It continues to concern us that Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 permits a prisoner to file a motion to correct an illegal sentence at any time, and there is no limit on the number of such motions which can be filed. See State v. McBride, 848 So.2d 287, 290 (Fla.2003) (“Florida courts…