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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 31, 2007
948 So. 2d 847 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 4D06-4159.

January 31, 2007.

Appeal from the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, Ana I. Gardiner, J.

Michael Williams, Bristol, pro "se.

No appearance required for appellee.


Appellant was convicted in 2003 of robbery while wearing a mask. He asserts under rule 3.800(a) that his sentence is illegal because it was enhanced twice, once because the jury found he wore a mask, section 775.0845, Florida Statutes (1999), and again as an habitual felony offender. Appellant's argument that section 775.0845 is an enhancement, and not a reclassification of his crime, is without merit. Roberts v. State, 923 So.2d 578 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (no double jeopardy where habitual felony offender enhancement was applied to an offense which was reclassified due to the use of a weapon under section 775.087(1)). Cabal v. State, 678 So.2d 315 (Fla. 1996), which appellant cites, has been superseded by the 1997 amendment to section 775.0845, which clarified the legislative intent to reclassify. Sumpter v. State, 838 So.2d 624 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003); McDonald v. State, 714 So.2d 643 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Affirmed.

STEVENSON, C.J., STONE and KLEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 31, 2007
948 So. 2d 847 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:Michael WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 31, 2007

Citations

948 So. 2d 847 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

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