Dupree v. State

Full title: MICHAEL DUPREE, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 24, 1998

711 So. 2d 647 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 97-3183

Opinion filed June 24, 1998. JANUARY TERM, 1998

An Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dade County, Stanford Blake, Judge. L.T. No. 96-32582

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Wendy Benner-Leon, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and SORONDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the defendant's convictions finding no reversible error. Additionally, we affirm the defendant's sentence as a violent career criminal, Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), and certify conflict with the Second District's opinion in Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

Affirmed; conflict certified.