White v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Paul White challenges the order of the trial court denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). In his motion, White argued that his prior convictions in South Carolina should have been considered misdemeanors that could not support the imposition of a habitual felony offender sentence under section 775.084(l)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp.1998). The record reflects that the trial court correctly denied relief on this ground.

In his appellate brief, White raised for the first time a claim that his predicate…