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Fuller v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jun 15, 1993
619 So. 2d 504 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 90-2421.

June 15, 1993.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Okaloosa County, G. Robert Barron, J.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


OPINION ON REMAND


This case is before us on remand from the Florida Supreme Court following appellant's second appeal to that court in connection with opinions issued by this court. See Fuller v. State, 578 So.2d 887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), decision quashed, 595 So.2d 20 (Fla. 1992); Fuller v. State, 605 So.2d 1307 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), quashed, 616 So.2d 49 (Fla. 1993). The only question remaining for our consideration is whether the trial court's failure to make specific findings that appellant's prior convictions had not been set aside or pardoned in sentencing appellant as a habitual felony offender under Section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1989), constituted harmless error. See State v. Rucker, 613 So.2d 460 (Fla. 1993).

When appellant was sentenced, the state introduced certified copies of felony convictions in Circuit Court Case Nos. 85-170, 85-922, 85-923, and 85-925, all of which occurred within five years of the offenses for which appellant was then being sentenced. Appellant admitted all the certified copies were true and correct, and the trial court expressly found that appellant met the statutory criteria for classification as an habitual felony offender. Because the evidence was unrebutted and appellant has made no contention that the convictions had been pardoned or set aside, the trial court's failure to make more specific findings is harmless. Id.

Appellant's habitual felony offender sentence is therefore AFFIRMED.

JOANOS, C.J., and MINER, J., concur.


Summaries of

Fuller v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jun 15, 1993
619 So. 2d 504 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

Fuller v. State

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL FULLER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 15, 1993

Citations

619 So. 2d 504 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)