Pleasant v. State

Brett Todd Pleasant appeals a judgment and sentence adjudicating him guilty of two counts of armed robbery and sentencing him as a habitual felony offender to two concurrent terms of 25 years’ incarceration. We reverse and remand.

Appellant- first argues on appeal that the trial court committed fundamental error in sentencing him as a habitual felony offender without making the findings of fact required by section 775.084(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1991). Since the court’s failure to make the statutorily-required findings was fundamental error, Jones v. State, 606 So.2d 709 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992);…