Span v. State

In 2000, Appellant was convicted of two first-degree felonies punishable by life and was sentenced as a habitual violent felony *986offender (HVFO) to 26 years in prison with a 10-year mandatory minimum term. In 2014, Appellant filed a rule 3.800(a) motion in which he claimed that his sentence is illegal because, under section 775.084(4)(b)l., Florida Statutes (1999), the trial court did not have the authority to sentence him as an HVFO to a term-of-years sentence. The trial court summarily denied the motion. We affirm.

Appellant’s term-of-years sentence is not illegal. The Florida Supreme Court…