Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2003

Bullock v. State

Bullock v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 16, 2003 · Casanueva, Covington, Salcines
845 So. 2d 316; 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 7146; 2003 WL 21122662 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Bullock v. State

Opinion of the Court

SALCINES, Judge.

Dustin D. Bullock challenges the order of the trial court denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Bullock argues that his three-year minimum mandatory sentence is illegal based on Taylor v. State, 818 So.2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). We affirm the order of the trial court because Bullock’s motion is facially insufficient as he does not affirmatively allege that his date of offense falls within the window created by Taylor. We note, however, that the trial court did not dismiss Bullock’s motion as facially insufficient. Instead, in its December 10, 2002 order, it dismissed Bullock’s motion without prejudice to refile when the Florida Supreme Court had reviewed the decision in Taylor. On May 29, 2002, several months before that order was written, the State filed a voluntary dismissal of said review in State v. Taylor, 821 So.2d 302 (Fla. 2002) (table decision). Our affirmance is therefore without prejudice to Bullock’s filing a facially sufficient rule 3.800(a) motion.

Affirmed.

CASANUEVA and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.

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