ERNIE WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Austin v. State, 756 So. 2d 1080 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
  …dnapping, committed in 1991 when the habitual offender statute did not provide for habitual sentencing for life felonies. See §§ 787.01(2), 775.087(l)(a), & 775.084(4), Fla. Stat. (1991); Lamont v. State, 610 So. 2d 435 (Fla.1992); Corbitt v. State, 697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). However, the state argues that such a sentencing error does not create an . illegal sentence that may be corrected pursuant to a rule 3.800(a) motion, citing Blakley v. State, 746 So. 2d 1182 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); and Bover v. St…
• Beatrice v. State, 832 So. 2d 972 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
  …ny, section 787.01(2), and the jury found that he possessed a gun. Under our 10/20/Life statute, section 775.087, Florida Statutes (2000), a first degree felony in which a gun is used is reclassified as a life felony. § 775.087(1). Corbitt v. State, 697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Our youthful offender statute provides that no one who has been found guilty of a life felony can be sentenced as a youthful offender. § 958.04(l)(c). Because appellant was found guilty of a life felony the youthful offender st…
• Griffin v. State, 934 So. 2d 614 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …pping a person a first degree felony punishable by life. The use of a firearm should have enhanced the kidnapping offense to a life felony. § 775.087(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1990); Price v. State, 838 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003); Corbitt v. State, 697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Section 775.082(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1989), provided that a life felony committed on or after October 1, 1983, could be punished either by life in prison or by a term of years not exceeding forty years. It could not be punis…

Authorities Cited

• Baker v. State, 404 So. 2d 1151 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981)