TUKES v. STATE

No. 4D06-1798.

944 So.2d 1066 (2006)

Erick TUKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick Tukes, Immokalee, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Erick Tukes appeals the denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Tukes raised two claims in his motion: (1) denial of post-sentencing jail credit and (2) illegal sentencing in excess of the statutory maximum for a third degree felony (possession of cocaine). We affirm the summary denial of the first claim for the reasons set forth in the State's response, but reverse the trial court...

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