Case Name: Jesus RUIZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-04-12
Citations: 652 So. 2d 520
Docket Number: No. 95-400
Parties: Jesus RUIZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee,
Judges: Before BASKIN, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 652
Pages: 520–520

Head Matter:
Jesus RUIZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee,
No. 95-400.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 12, 1995.
Jesus Ruiz, in pro. per.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.
Before BASKIN, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the order denying defendant's motion to correct illegal sentence. A thorough review of the record reveals that defendant is entitled to have vacated the sentence imposed pursuant to the conviction on count five, possession of a firearm. As the state correctly conceded in response to a petition for writ of habeas corpus previously filed by defendant, defendant is entitled to the benefit of Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), which was decided during the pen-dency of defendant's appeal, and which renders the sentence for count five illegal. Smith v. State, 598 So.2d 1063 (Fla.1992).
Order reversed; sentence vacated; cause remanded.