Case Name: Vashon JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-08-25
Citations: 716 So. 2d 824
Docket Number: No. 98-1677
Parties: Vashon JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., and SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 716
Pages: 824–824

Head Matter:
Vashon JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-1677.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 25, 1998.
Appellant, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the denial of appellant's motion seeking postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), and remand for further consideration in light of the supreme court's recent opinion in State v. Mancino, 714 So.2d 429, 433 (Fla.1998) ("A sentence that patently fails to comport with statutory or constitutional limitations is by definition 'illegal' ").
REVERSED and REMANDED, with directions.
MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., and SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge, concur.