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Washington v. State, Case No. 1D09-0141 (Fla. App. 6/22/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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ALI WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 1D09-0141. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed June 22, 2009. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. L. P. Haddock, Judge. Ali Washington, pro se, Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Joshua R. Heller, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. The appellant challenges an order by which the trial court denied his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion through which he alleged that his twenty-year sentence for attempted armed robbery is illegal because it exceeds the statutory maximum. Attempted armed robbery is a second degree felony which carries a statutory maximum of fifteen years unless an enhancement statute applies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).