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Brunner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 1, 2005
902 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 4D04-4440.

June 1, 2005.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800(a) motion from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jack H. Cook, Judge; L.T. Case No. 93-8750 CFA02.

William Brunner, Lowell, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


William Brunner appeals a trial court order summarily denying his motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm in part, and reverse and remand only as to his claim that his habitual felony offender sentence for burglary of a conveyance with an assault or battery while armed with a firearm was illegal. His offense occurred in 1993, at a time when that crime was a life felony and was not subject to habitual felony offender sentencing. See Weford v. State, 784 So.2d 1222 (Fla. 3d DCA) rev. dismissed, 791 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 2001); Section 810.02(2), 775.087(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1993). As the State has pointed out in its response, which has conceded this point, the judgment of conviction on the burglary erroneously reflects that the offense was a first degree felony punishable by life in prison rather than a life felony. This scrivener's error requires correction on remand, along with resentencing to remove habitual felony offender enhancement on the burglary conviction.

Affirmed In Part; Reversed And Remanded In Part.

GUNTHER, SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Brunner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 1, 2005
902 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)
Case details for

Brunner v. State

Case Details

Full title:William BRUNNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 1, 2005

Citations

902 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)