Case Name: Robert L. COLLIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-09-19
Citations: 148 So. 3d 797
Docket Number: No. 1D14-0926
Parties: Robert L. COLLIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, MARSTILLER, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 148
Pages: 797–798

Head Matter:
Robert L. COLLIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D14-0926.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 19, 2014.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 21, 2014.
William Mallory Kent, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Giselle D. Lylen, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Collier appeals an order denying his postconviction motion to correct an illegal sentence. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(a). In 2009, Collier was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. In his postconviction motion, he alleged his life sentence is illegal because the trial court improperly took into account his lack of remorse and candor when imposing the sentence. See Green v. State, 84 So.3d 1169, 1171 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) ("[A] lack of remorse, the failure to accept responsibility, or the exercise of one's right to remain silent at sentencing may not be considered by the trial court in fashioning the appropriate sentence."). However, such a claim asserts error in the sentencing process, as opposed to the legality of the sentence itself, and thus, cannot be raised in a rule 3.800(a) motion. See Guilford v. State, 88 So.3d 998, 999 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (holding claim that trial court erroneously took into account defendant's failure to admit guilt and accept responsibility not cognizable in rule 3.800(a) motion). Accordingly, Collier's motion was properly denied.
AFFIRMED.
ROBERTS, MARSTILLER, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.