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RAWLS v. STATE

No. 4D17-665.

225 So.3d 841 (2017)

Charlie Benjamin RAWLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and J. Woodson Isom , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anesha Worthy , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Charlie B. Rawls appeals the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion. The appellant was sentenced to life in prison for a 1969 burglary offense. He now contends that his offense was punishable by a maximum of twenty years in prison, and therefore, that his life sentence is illegal. We agree with appellant based on the information, the jury's verdict...

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