CHRISTOPHER JOHN COLE, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that the life sentences imposed for attempted first-degree murder were not illegal, but the appeal regarding the twenty-five year mandatory minimum sentences was moot.
Christopher John Cole appealed the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. He argued that his life sentences and concurrent twenty-five y…
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Appellant Christopher John Cole appeals frbm the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence under Florida Rule ’ of - Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm'the order insofar as it determined that Cole’s life- sentences on counts nine' -and '"ten of the information (imposed pursuant to a negotiated plea) were not illegal. Cole was sentenced to life imprisonment for two counts of attempted first-degree murder,- during which Cole was alleged to have used a firearm, thus reclassifying the offenses from first-degree to life- felonies. See §’ 775.087(l)(a), Fla. Stat.'(1989).-Independently, and as a violent habitual felony ■ offender, Cole was subject to a miaximum sentence of life in prison for each of these offenses.' See § 775.084(4)(b)l„ Fla. Stat. (1989).
As to Cole’s claim that the twenty-five year mandatory minimum sentences (imposed concurrently as part of the life sentences on counts nine and ten) are illegal, we note that Cole has completed this portion of his sentence, and is already eligible for parole.1 See Cole v. State, 786 So.2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001),.We therefore dismiss this portion of the appeal as moot. See, e.g., State v. Ortiz, 79 So.3d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012); Mathews v. State, 91 So.3d *939142 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); Maybin v. State, 884 So.2d 1174 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.
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- Maybin v. State, 884 So. 2d 1174 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)
- State v. Ortiz, 79 So. 3d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)
- Cole v. State, 786 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)