JIMMY LEE HARRIS A/K/A JIMMY LEE BARNES, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 2005-05-25
No. 3D04-3230
Before GREEN, WELLS, and SHEPHERD, JJ.
902 So. 2d 292 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2005) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 3.800(a), Fla. R.Crim. P., motion to vacate, set aside and correct illegal sentence. We reverse and vacate the “hard labor” condition of the appellant’s sentence, because, from the facé of the record, it is illegal. The state properly concedes, effective July 2, 1970, Chapter 70-340, section 180, Laws of Florida, repealed chapter 922, which had authorized a sentence of hard labor. See Holman v. State, 740 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). The crimes for which the appellant was convicted and sentenced occurred in 1975. Thus, the condition of hard labor is illegal and must be stricken from his sentence. We find no merit to appellant’s remaining challenges and affirm the denial of the remainder of the 3.800 motion.

Reversed and vacated in part and affirmed in part.


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