Williams v. State
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- JAMES GILLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)
- ALFONSO K. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)
- CHRISSHAWN ARRINGTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)
- ANDREW JOHN KALINOWSKI v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)
- JOSE FLORES v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)
- JASON CHARLES v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)
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Opinion of the Court
Anthony D. Williams appeals the denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm.
Williams claims that his forty-year sentence is illegal because it exceeds the statutory maximum sentence for a first-degree felony. Williams was charged with attempted first-degree murder, a first-degree felony. See §§ 782.04(l)(a), 777.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1989). The information specifically states that Williams attempted to kill the victim “with a firearm,” and the jury found Williams guilty as charged of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm. Therefore, the offense was reclassified from a first-degree felony to a life felony pursuant to section 775.087(l)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990), for the use of a firearm, and the forty-year
Williams’ confusion is understandable, however, in light of a scrivener’s error contained within the judgment that incorrectly reflects that Williams was convicted of a first-degree felony. In order to avoid future confusion, the trial court may find it advisable to correct that scrivener’s error.
Affirmed.
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