NORDELO v. State

47 So.3d 854 (2010)

Marco NORDELO, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D09-1269.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 13, 2010.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 18, 2010.

Silvia M. Gonzalez, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Nicholas A. Merlin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, WELLS, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.

CORTIÑAS, J.

Nineteen years ago, a jury found Marco Nordelo guilty of armed robbery of a convenience store and sentenced him to life in prison as a habitually violent offender. Before Nordelo's trial began, his…