Case Name: Darryle MATTEAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-11-21
Citations: 100 So. 3d 1272
Docket Number: No. 4D11-4854
Parties: Darryle MATTEAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAY, C.J., GROSS and CONNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 100
Pages: 1272–1272

Head Matter:
Darryle MATTEAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D11-4854.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 21, 2012.
Darryle Mattear, Florida City, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melvin G. Mosier, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals the denial of a rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. He is correct that because his offenses were committed prior to January 1, 1994, he could not be sentenced beyond the statutory maximum regardless of the range on his guidelines scoresheet. Mays v. State, 717 So.2d 515 (Fla.1998); Buford v. State, 870 So.2d 128 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). As the state acknowledges, the sentencing law in effect at the time of the crimes controls. See Lamore v. State, 86 So.3d 546 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).
Accordingly, the circuit court's order is reversed and this case is remanded for resentencing.
Reversed and Remanded.
MAY, C.J., GROSS and CONNER, JJ., concur.