Martin v. State

Timothy Martin appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence pursuant to rule 3.800(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure alleging that his sentence was based on an improperly calculated scoresheet. We previously held in Martin v. State, 795 So.2d 143 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), that under the version of the habitual offender statute then in effect, Martin could not be sentenced as a habitual offender in count five because the statute did not authorize habitualization for a life felony. We therefore remanded the ease to the trial court with directions to strike the…