Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 21, 1993No. 78613PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Perkins v. State, 583 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 1st DCA1991), in which the district court held that Perkins’ sentence as a habitual violent felony offender under section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1989), did not violate constitutional due process requirements, the protection against double jeopardy, or the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws.1 We recently approved a similar holding in Tillman v. State, 609 So.2d 1295 (Fla.1992). Consequently, we approve the district court’s holding in this case.

Nevertheless, based on our decision in State v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  2. Tillman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  3. Perkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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