LAPORTE v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Jean Claude Aime LAPORTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D24-1787

Decided: May 21, 2025

Before LINDSEY, MILLER and GORDO, JJ.

Jean Claude Aime LaPorte, in proper person. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Appellant Jean LaPorte timely appeals the denial of his Rule 3.800(a) Motion to Correct Sentencing Error. Because LaPorte's Motion stated that the sentencing court “ordered all terms to be served consecutive per count ․ to a maximum of 300 years,” the trial court in his postconviction proceeding was correct to deny the Motion as “insufficient to support” the contention that he received an illegal general sentence. See Carroll v. State, 361 So. 2d 144, 147 (Fla. 1978) (“A general sentence ․ occurs when the trial court imposes only one sentence after a defendant has been convicted of several offenses. It is distinguished from consecutive sentences, where one sentence succeeds another[.]”).

Affirmed.

PER CURIAM.

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