March 18, 2013 - State Concedes Error Regarding Improper Habitual Offender Sentence

March 18, 2013, State Attorney for the Florida Fourth Judicial Circuit concedes error to Mr. Kent's second and successive fundamental sentencing error Rule 3.800 motion for his client Amir M. Ali, which argued that Mr. Ali was improperly sentenced following trial as a habitual offender.  The legal argument turned on the retroactive application of an amended version of the habitual offender statute and a change in the language which extended the reach of the five year reach back to controlled release status cases.  This was a highly technical argument and we compliment the State Attorney on its attention to the correct application of the law.