Leavitt v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing 20 year sentence on defendant's negotiated plea to a 2nd degree felony since the statutory maximum for a 2nd degree felony was 15 years; a defendant cannot agree to an illegal sentence
• a defendant cannot plead to an illegal sentence, even when it arises from a negotiated plea agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-26· cited 23×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-27· cited 15×
• Carson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-26· cited 6×
• Mobley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-10-11· cited 5×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-04-15· cited 5×
• Richard Warren Vanzile v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-10· cited 1×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blanchette v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-06-28· cited 9×
• Kelso v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-03-12· cited 1×