Robinson v. State

I concur with all portions of the majority’s opinion except that part affirming appellant’s habitual felony offender (HFO) sentence, insofar as it was based on two prior Georgia robbery convictions, because, in my judgment, one of the convictions is not a “qualified offense,” as required by Florida’s HFO statute, section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1993).

A comparison of the elements in the Georgia and Florida statutes demonstrates that “robbery by sudden snatching” in Georgia is not substantially similar to robbery in Florida. The Georgia statute permits a conviction for simply taking property…