SUMMERS v. STATE

No. 99-2287.

747 So.2d 987 (1999)

Timothy V. SUMMERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Summers, Madison, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alfred Washington, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ANTOON, C.J.

In this 3.850 appeal, only one issue merits discussion. That is whether Mr. Summers' December 16, 1996, sentence for second-degree murder with a firearm was legal. We conclude that the sentence was not legal because he was improperly sentenced as an habitual offender. We reverse on that ground but affirm as to other grounds raised in the motion.

The second-degree murder conviction was reclassified as a life felony based on the special jury verdict...

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