Phillips v. State

I respectfully dissent.

The consecutive sentences imposed on Appellant are not illegal as defined under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). See generally Wright v. State, 911 So.2d 81 (Fla.2005) (holding that a sentence is only illegal if it imposes a punishment that, under the entire body of sentencing statutes, no judge could possibly inflict under any set of factual circumstances). The trial court could properly impose a 25-year minimum mandatory prison term based on Appellant’s felony murder of the victim during the course of the kidnapping, and the trial court could also lawfully…