JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 98-1677.

716 So.2d 824 (1998)

Vashon JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the denial of appellant's motion seeking postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), and remand for further consideration in light of the supreme court's recent opinion in State v. Mancino, 714 So.2d 429, 433 (Fla.1998) ("A sentence that patently fails to comport with statutory or constitutional limitations is by definition `illegal'").

REVERSED and REMANDED...

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