GREGORY COLDEN, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Benny Arzola Martinez v. State, 216 So. 3d 734 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)
  …fact that this is a successive claim, he is entitled to relief from an illegal sentence. We ourselves have, in an en banc opinion, addressed and corrected an illegal sentence, despite the fact it was a second successive motion. See Wilson v. State, 669 So. 2d 1071, 1072 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). In State v. McBride, 848 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 2003), our supreme court explained that Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), which allows for the correction of an illegal sentence at any time, “is intended to balance th…
• Bell v. State, 765 So. 2d 83 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
  …e. This court reasoned that a term of imprisonment does not exceed life. See id. at 17; see also Hewitt v. State, 689 So. 2d 449, 449 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Robinson v. State, 642 So. 2d 644, 645 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Bell argues that Wilson v. State, 669 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), is in conflict with Mills and supports his position that his sentence is illegal. However, we conclude that the two cases are distinguishable. In Wilson this court was analyzing whether the sentence of 55 years in prison as agre…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Kearse, 491 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 1986)