Cobb v. State

The appellant, Samuel K. Cobb, challenges the enhanced habitual offender seven year sentence he received for the conviction of grand theft. We agree that the trial court erred by sentencing appellant as an habitual offender. We affirm the convictions but reverse and remand for resen-tencing.

The appellant pled guilty to grand theft reserving the right to appeal his sentence. The trial court found the appellant to be an habitual offender and imposed a seven year sentence. The prior convictions relied upon by the trial court to classify appellant as an habitual offender were all rendered on the…