Adam Lloyd Shepard v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC17-1952 ____________ ADAM LLOYD SHEPARD, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. November 1, 2018 LABARGA, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Shepard v. State,

227 So. 3d 746

(Fla. 1st DCA 2017), which certified conflict with the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Gonzalez v. State,

197 So. 3d 84

(Fla. 2d DCA 2016), on the issue of whether an automobile can be considered a “weapon” for purposes of enhancing a defendant’s sentence to a higher degree under Florida’s…