JOHNSON v. STATE

Case No. 2D17-3122.

247 So.3d 591 (2018)

Lewis JOHNSON, a/k/a Lewis Edward Johnson, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ita M. Neymotin , Regional Counsel, Second District, and Byron P. Hileman , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.


Lewis Johnson appeals the order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We must reverse.

In 1979, Johnson, a juvenile at the time of his crime, was sentenced under section 39.111(6), Florida Statutes (1978), which required the sentencing court to make a "suitability...

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