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McDonald v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 24, 2002
814 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

No. 4D02-514.

April 24, 2002.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800(a) motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Ana I. Gardiner, Judge; L.T. Case No. 97-13822 CF10A.

Adrian McDonald, Arcadia, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna M. Hoffmann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Adrian McDonald alleges that he did not have the predicate convictions to declare him a habitual offender. The trial court denied the motion as not cognizable under Rule 3.800(a). We reverse and remand for the trial court to consider whether it is apparent from the face of the record that McDonald did not have the requisite predicate felonies as a matter of law. Bover v. State, 797 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 2001); Alloway v. State, 807 So.2d 187 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

KLEIN, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

McDonald v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 24, 2002
814 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)
Case details for

McDonald v. State

Case Details

Full title:ADRIAN McDONALD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 24, 2002

Citations

814 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)