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904 So. 2d 447

Docket No. 4D04-4825.

Bennett v. State

Salvatore BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 27, 2005.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 2005.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2005-04-27

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 2006

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“In denying a legally sufficient 3.800(a) motion, the trial court's failure to attach portions of the record refuting the defendant's claim is reversible error, and the State cannot cure this error by providing the records to this court on appeal.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Petscher v. State

Relies on 884 So. 2d 950 - Richardson v. State · Collins v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2005-04-27

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¶1Salvatore Bennett, Moore Haven, pro se.

¶2Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Salvatore Bennett timely appeals the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. Bennett argued in part that he did not qualify for habitual offender sentencing because his prior convictions did not satisfy the sequential sentencing requirement of section 775.084(5), Florida Statutes (2004).

¶5The circuit court did not attach any records that refute this claim.

¶6In denying a legally sufficient 3.800(a) motion, the trial court's failure to attach portions of the record refuting the defendant's claim is reversible error, and the State cannot cure this error by providing the records to this court on appeal. Collins v. State,805 So.2d 73 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); see also Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(b)(2)(D).

¶7The circuit court's order is reversed and remanded. On remand, the court shall address Richardson v. State,884 So.2d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) and either resentence Bennett or if his motion is again denied, attach portions of the record to show that he qualifies for habitual offender sentencing. The denial of Bennett's remaining claims is affirmed.

¶8POLEN, KLEIN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.

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