COPELAND v. STATE

No. 3D01-2886.

842 So.2d 1052 (2003)

Leonard COPELAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Copeland, in proper person.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Leonard Copeland appeals an order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We conclude that the motion should have been granted, and reverse the order now before us.

Defendant-appellant Copeland was convicted of burglary and armed robbery. The crime date was March 1984. The defendant was sentenced under the sentencing guidelines to a departure sentence of life followed by thirty years.

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