Stafford v. State

Full title: ALBERT STAFFORD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

Date published: Jan 18, 2017

No. 4D13-1532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jan. 18, 2017)

Opinion

No. 4D13-1532

01-18-2017

ALBERT STAFFORD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul Edward Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Catherine Linton and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Lynn Rosenthal, Judge; L.T. Case No. 93-18389 CF10B. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul Edward Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Catherine Linton and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order denying appellant's motion for postconviction relief and remand for resentencing pursuant to Atwell v. State, 197 So. 3d 1040 (Fla. 2016). Appellant is entitled to be resentenced pursuant to the sentencing provisions enacted in Chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida. Id. at 1050; Michel v. State, No. 4D13-1123, 2016 WL 6626028, at *1 (Fla. 4th DCA Nov. 9, 2016) (certifying conflict with Stallings v. State, 198 So. 3d 1081 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016), and Williams v. State, 198 So. 3d 1084 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016)).

Reversed and remanded for resentencing. CIKLIN, C.J., CONNER and FORST, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.