Harris v. State

Aaron Harris appeals an order denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed under Rule 3.800(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, in which Harris raised five issues regarding a 25-year habitual offender sentence imposed in 1990 upon his plea of nolo contendere to ten counts of burglary of a structure and several other counts relating to possession of burglary tools and criminal mischief. We affirm.

Rule 3.800(a) provides that a lower court may correct an “illegal sentence” at any time. In Davis v. State, 661 So.2d 1193, 1196 (Fla.1995), the supreme court defined “illegal…