CAYSON v. STATE

No. 93-1134.

638 So.2d 1061 (1994)

Mark CAYSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Cayson, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, Judge.

We reverse Appellant's sentence and remand for resentencing. It was error to deny Appellant's motion to correct a sentence exceeding the maximum 40-year term of years allowed by law.

Appellant, facing a first degree murder charge, pled guilty to second degree murder with a firearm, a life felony. Under the plea agreement with the state, a second count was dropped. The court accepted the agreed plea, sentencing Appellant to 88 years in prison...

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