Ibbitson v. State

SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant challenges a two-year sentence imposed upon him under § 775.084, Fla.Stat. (1977), the habitual offender statute, for resisting an officer with violence. Appellant complains that (1) the state did not adequately prove his previous convictions or the necessity for declaring him a habitual felony offender, and (2) the court failed to make findings required by the habitual offender statute. From an examination of the record we find no merit in appellant’s first contention, but as to the second, we believe appellant is correct.

In Grimmett v. State, 357 So.2d 461 (Fla.2d DCA…