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Petruny v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 25, 2004
884 So. 2d 312 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 4D04-2053.

August 25, 2004.

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 Nos. 01-16671 CF10B and 01-17499 CF10B.

Cory Petruny, Miami, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Cory Petruny appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to rule 3.800(a). We reverse, remand, and certify conflict with McCall v. State, 862 So.2d 807 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Citing this court's Richardson decision, Petruny argues that his habitual felony offender sentence is illegal since the predicate convictions used to habitualize him were not sequential. See Richardson v. State, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D1716, 2003 WL 21697171, ___ So.2d ___ (Fla. 4th DCA July 23, 2003), supplemented on reh'g, 29 Fla. L. Weekly D215, 2003 WL 21697171, ___ So.2d ___ (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 14, 2004); Puskac v. State, 872 So.2d 1008 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). As the record supports his claim, we reverse and remand. On remand, the state may introduce evidence of other qualifying convictions which would allow for a habitual felony offender sentence, should any exist. See Puskac, 872 So.2d at 1008. Additionally, we again certify conflict with McCall and subsequent cases from the Second District Court of Appeal.

See, e.g., Ey v. State, 2004 WL 2008503, 884 So.2d 376 (Fla. 2d DCA Sept. 10, 2004), and cases cited therein.

GUNTHER, WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Petruny v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 25, 2004
884 So. 2d 312 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)
Case details for

Petruny v. State

Case Details

Full title:Cory PETRUNY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 25, 2004

Citations

884 So. 2d 312 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

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