Legal Opinion

Hughes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 11, 2018No. 4D17–3209Published

1Per curiam

We affirm without comment the denial of appellant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. However, we reverse the order barring appellant from filing any further pro se pleadings. We find that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to give appellant a reasonable opportunity to respond to its order to show cause. See State v. Spencer , 751 So.2d 47, 48 (Fla. 1999) ; Davis v. State , 198 So.3d 995, 997 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). The court entered the final order before appellant's time to file a response had run and did not consider appellant's…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Davis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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