MELVIN STEVENS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A sentence is illegal only when it imposes a punishment or penalty that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes and laws could impose under any set of factual circumstances.
“We have generally defined an 'illegal sentence' as one that imposes a punishment or penalty that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes and laws could impose under any set of factual circumstances.”
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PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Williams v. State, 957 So. 2d 600, 602 (Fla. 2007) (“We have generally defined an 'illegal sentence' as one that imposes a punishment or penalty that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes and laws could impose under any set of factual circumstances.").