Case Name: Anthony D. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-02-05
Citations: 836 So. 2d 1082
Docket Number: No. 2D02-3241
Parties: Anthony D. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAVIS and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 836
Pages: 1082–1083

Head Matter:
Anthony D. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D02-3241.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 5, 2003.

Opinion:
SALCINES, Judge.
Anthony D. Williams appeals the denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm.
Williams claims that his forty-year sentence is illegal because it exceeds the statutory maximum sentence for a first-degree felony. Williams was charged with attempted first-degree murder, a first-degree felony. See § 782.04(l)(a), 777.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1989). The information specifically states that Williams attempted to kill the victim "with a firearm," and the jury found Williams guilty as charged of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm. Therefore, the offense was reclassified from a first-degree felony to a life felony pursuant to section 775.087(l)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), for the use of a firearm, and the forty-year prison sentence is legal since it is within the statutory maximum sentence provided for life felonies. See § 775.082(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1989).
Williams' confusion is understandable, however, in light of a scrivener's error contained within the judgment that incorrectly reflects that Williams was convicted of a first-degree felony. In order to avoid future confusion, the trial court may find it advisable to correct that scrivener's error.
Affirmed.
DAVIS and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.