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Harper v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 7, 2006
930 So. 2d 834 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 4D04-408.

June 7, 2006.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800(a) motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael G. Kaplan, Judge; L.T. Case No. 81-5007 CF10A.

Little Willie Harper, Miami, pro se.

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


ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA


This court previously entered an opinion in Harper v. State, 874 So.2d 673 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), reversing the trial court's dismissal of Harper's rule 3.800(a) motion challenging the trial court's retention over one-third of his sentence without entering written findings. We certified conflict with the second district's opinion in Wright v. State, 684. So.2d 1153 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the second district's holding in Wright v. State, 911 So.2d 81 (Fla. 2005), determining that this type of challenge is not a cognizable claim in a 3.800(a) motion. The supreme court granted review of Harper, quashed this court's earlier opinion, and remanded the case to this court for reconsideration of the issue in light of its decision in Wright. See State v. Harper, 928 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 2006).

We withdraw our previous opinion, and affirm the trial court's dismissal of Harper's rule 3.800(a) motion, in accordance with the supreme court's decision in Wright v. State, 911 So.2d 81 (Fla. 2005).

POLEN, GROSS and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Harper v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 7, 2006
930 So. 2d 834 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)
Case details for

Harper v. State

Case Details

Full title:Little Willie HARPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 7, 2006

Citations

930 So. 2d 834 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)