Case Name: Donald A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2015-03-11
Citations: 163 So. 3d 541
Docket Number: No. 3D15-195
Parties: Donald A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before SÜAREZ, FERNANDEZ, and SCALES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 163
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
Donald A. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 3D15-195.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 11, 2015.
Rehearing Denied April 14, 2015.
Donald A. Williams, in proper person.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for respondent.
Before SÜAREZ, FERNANDEZ, and SCALES, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Donald A. Williams seeks a petition for mandamus ordering the trial court to provide him with an evidentiary hearing on his motion to correct an illegal sentence. Williams seeks to attack the factual basis for imposition of the three-year mandatory minimum sentence for firearm possession, and does not allege that his sentence exceeded the maximum authorized by law. Thus, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, rather than rule 3.800, is the proper procedural vehicle for Williams to challenge the mandatory minimum sentence. Williams was convicted in 1989, and because the two-year limitations period to file a motion pursuant to rule 3.850 has expired, we deny Williams' petition for mandamus. See Bradley v. State, 3 So.3d 1168, 1170 (Fla.2009); Leath v. State, 805 So.2d 956, 957 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).