Rutherford v. State
Rutherford v. State
Opinion of the Court
Isaac E. Rutherford appeals from an order denying his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) based upon his failure to allege a sufficient rule 3.800(a) claim. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
A rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence is intended to address cases in which the sentence imposes “a kind of punishment that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes could possibly inflict under any set of factual circumstances.” Carter v. State, 786 So.2d 1173, 1178 (Fla. 2001) (quoting Blakley v. State, 746 So.2d 1182, 1186-87 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)). In the instant case, however, the appellant does not explain how his sentence fails to comport with statutory or constitutional limitations. Instead, he focuses entirely on the alleged flaws in the procedure used to impose his sentence
Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order denying the appellant’s rule 3.800(a) motion.
AFFIRMED.
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