Opinion
No. 98-1677
Opinion filed August 25, 1998.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. George S. Reynolds, Judge.
Appellant, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
We reverse the denial of appellant's motion seeking postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), and remand for further consideration in light of the supreme court's recent opinion in State v. Mancino, 23 Fla. L. Weekly S301, 303 (Fla. June 11, 1998) ("A sentence that patently fails to comport with statutory or constitutional limitations is by definition `illegal'").
REVERSED and REMANDED, with directions.
MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., and SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge, CONCUR.