Myron J. Montgomery v. State of Florida

Myron J. Montgomery appeals the trial court’s final order designating him a sexual predator. We reverse.

Montgomery was charged with three counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim under twelve and -one count of child abuse. He entered a negotiated plea to child abuse and was sentenced to six years in the Department of Corrections as a habitual felony offender. The,.trial court also designated, Montgomery a sexual predator based on a prior Pennsylvania conviction for rape by threat of forcible compulsion.

On appeal, Montgomery argues that the trial court erred in applying the sexual…