Earl v. State
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The Supreme Court approved the decision of the First District Court of Appeal dismissing Defendant's appeal of the denial of his motion filed under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(a), holding that Defendant could not show that the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion was in error.
Defendant was convicted of armed robbery of a firearm and kidnapping to facilitate a felony and sentenced to concurrent life sentences for both counts. In his rule 3.800(a) motion, Defendant argued that his life sentences were illegal because the trial court failed to impose ten-year mandatory minimum sentences pursuant to Fla. Stat. 775.087(2). The postconviction court denied the motion, concluding that the sentencing judge's failure to impose the ten-year mandatory minimum sentences did not render Defendant's sentences illegal because he did not benefit from the error. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Defendant could not show that the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion resulted in harm that may be remedied on appeal.
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