DAWKINS v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Chance DAWKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D25-0922

Decided: July 30, 2025

Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

Chance Dawkins, in proper person. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Ramirez v. State, 374 So. 3d 71, 72 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) (“A motion to correct illegal sentence under rule 3.800(a) is not cognizable where, as here, the defendant seeks to challenge the validity of the conviction and, only by extension, the ‘legality’ of the resulting sentence.”).

PER CURIAM.

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