FLOWERS v. STATE

No. FF-357.

351 So.2d 387 (1977)

Vernon FLOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Flowers appeals from the trial court's order denying his Rule 3.850 motion to set aside an illegal sentence. The issue is whether, as Flowers contends, he was sentenced on February 18, 1976, following the jury verdict, and so could not be sentenced to a greater term two days later.

On February 18, 1976 a jury found Flowers guilty of sending a written threat to kill or injure another — both a circuit judge and a social worker — in...

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