MELVIN STEVENS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-03-25
No. 2026-0202
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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Holding

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.


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“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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Opinion of the Court

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.").


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