Demetrius C. Cooper v. State

Demetrius Carter Cooper appeals the denial of a “Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence.” In 2009, Cooper was charged with aggravated battery, a second-degree felony, and was sentenced under the Youthful Offencjer Act. See § 958.04, Fla. Stat. (2009), The Act subjects an offender to a maximum incarceration period of 6 years. See id. § 958.04(2), Cooper was sentenced to 479 days in the Department of Corrections (“DOC”), followed by 18 months of . community control and a subsequent term of 18 months of probation. After the revocation of his community control for a substantive violation, the trial…