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Stevenson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sep 30, 2016
207 So. 3d 266 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

Opinion

No. 5D16–1927.

09-30-2016

Debritton M. STEVENSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Debritton M. Stevenson, Madison, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah A. Cheesman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Debritton M. Stevenson, Madison, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah A. Cheesman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Debritton Stevenson appeals the trial court's summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence. In his motion, Stevenson argued that his minimum mandatory sentence for actual possession of a firearm was illegal because the information did not allege that he actually possessed a firearm. Because the trial court did not attach records to support its conclusion that the minimum mandatory sentence was legal, we are compelled to reverse. See DiSanto v. State, 190 So.3d 694 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). On remand, if the trial court again enters an order summarily denying Stevenson's motion, it must attach written portions of the record that conclusively refute his claim.REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.

EVANDER, COHEN and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Stevenson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sep 30, 2016
207 So. 3d 266 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)
Case details for

Stevenson v. State

Case Details

Full title:Debritton M. STEVENSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Date published: Sep 30, 2016

Citations

207 So. 3d 266 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)