Legal Opinion
Modest v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 9, 2005No. 3D04-2946PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
892 So.2d 566 (2005)
Willie MODEST, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D04-2946.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
February 9, 2005.
Willie Modest, in proper person.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ.
COPE, J.
Willie Modest appeals an order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm.
Defendant-appellant Modest was sentenced as a habitual violent felony offender ("HVO") in 1992. In this postconviction motion the defendant asserts that his sentence as an HVO is impermissible under Apprendi v. New…
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- Schriro v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- McBride v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
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3Cited by8 opinions
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