Legal Opinion

First v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 24, 1996No. 96-00245PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

677 So.2d 394 (1996)

Scott FIRST, Sr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-00245.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 24, 1996.

2Per curiam

The appellant, Scott First, Sr., challenges the denial of the motion he filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800. Since the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear the appellant's motion, we reverse.

Although a trial court has jurisdiction to correct an illegal sentence at any time, during the pendency of a plenary appeal of a judgment and sentence, this jurisdiction is limited to the correction of clerical errors.…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Easterling v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Hulick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

4Cited by3 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Humphrey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  3. Sauve v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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