Hutchins v. State

Full title: Dennis Hutchins, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Nov 18, 2020

309 So. 3d 253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 3D20-893

11-18-2020

Dennis HUTCHINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Dennis Hutchins, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Asad Ali, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Dennis Hutchins, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Asad Ali, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and LINDSEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Cotto v. State, 139 So. 3d 283, 289 (Fla. 2014) (holding that the prison releasee reoffender ("PRR") statute "does not increase the maximum period of incarceration to which a person may be sentenced. Rather, under the PRR statute, only the maximum allowable sentence may be imposed.") See also Sims v. State, 286 So. 3d 292, 293 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) (holding that State v. Lewars, 259 So. 3d 793 (Fla. 2018) (which held, that under the PRR statute, "release from a state correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections or a private vendor" does not include a county jail) did not apply retroactively, and thus defendant's PRR sentences for robbery and burglary were not illegal); Wilson v. State, 279 So. 3d 756 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (same).