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Curtis GARDENER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 96-2029.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Jan. 8, 1997.
    Curtis Gardener, in pro. per.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Fleur J. Lobree, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and SHEVIN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct an unlawful sentence. Upon the State’s proper confession of eiTor, we reverse and remand for resentencing. A trial court may not impose a minimum mandatory sentence when sentencing a defendant as a habitual felony offender rather than a habitual violent felony offender. See Lamont v. State, 597 So.2d 823, 829 (Fla. 3d DCA), approved in pertinent part, 610 So.2d 435, 439 (Fla.1992).

Upon remand, the trial court may impose any lawful sentence originally available and give defendant the option to withdraw his plea and proceed to trial. See State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1989).

Reversed and remanded with directions.