Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 1, 1994No. 93-3581PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHIVERS, Senior Judge.

Kenneth Wright has appealed from an order of the trial court denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Fla. R.Crim.P. 3.800(a). We affirm.

In December 1973, Wright was charged by grand jury indictment with robbery, contrary to section 813.011, Florida Statutes (1973).1 He was convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment on November 27, 1974. He alleged in the instant motion that the sentence was illegal in that the indictment did not specify that he carried a firearm or other weapon in committing the robbery. Thus, the offense was only a second-degree…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. McCloud v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. ROBERT GREEN v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018

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