Legal Opinion

Chappell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 29, 2000No. 1D99-4029Published

1Per curiam

Richard Chappell appeals an order of the trial court denying his 3.800(a) Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence. This court has recently reversed as illegal, and remanded for resentencing, the very sentence that Chappell challenged in his motion. See Chappel v. State, 746 So.2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). Therefore, we DISMISS as moot this appeal without prejudice to Chappell’s right to file a new 3.800(a) motion after resentencing should he be able to satisfy the requirements of Baker v. State, 714 So.2d 1167, 1167 n. 1 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)(“The allegations required by Mancino at a minimum would…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Chappel v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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