Mr. Renaud, convicted of robbery with a firearm, armed kidnapping, carjacking with a firearm and aggravated battery, was sentenced to three life prison sentences for the first three counts and 30 years for the aggravated battery offense. He challenged the last sentence because it was longer than the sentence the judge announced orally. Mr. Renaud was later re-sentenced to 15 years in prison for that offense. However, the trial judge also denied his challenge of the legality of the original sentence on a procedural ground and the 4th District Court of Appeal upheld that ruling. Mr. Renaud challenges that decision by the 4th DCA in his appeal to this Court.