STATE v. SPRIGGS (2000)

 Reversed. The state contends that the trial court erred in resentencing appellee pursuant to his 3.800 motion.   We agree.   A rule 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence is not the proper vehicle for challenging a sentence on the basis that it violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.   See State v. Smith, 360 So.2d 21, 23 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 366 So.2d 885 (Fla.1978).   Moreover, in determining that appellant's sentence violated the constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment, the trial court failed to apply the proportionality analysis required by Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 290-92, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 3010-11, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983).   See also Long v. State, 558 So.2d 1091, 1092 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990).   Finally, the trial judge openly doubted that he would find much case law on the issue.   However, the court was probably unaware of Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521, 525-26 (Fla.1993), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 909, 115 S.Ct. 278, 130 L.Ed.2d 195 (1994), which is instructive on the issue of whether a non-capital sentence constitutes cruel or unusual punishment.

PER CURIAM.

WARNER, C.J., SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.