Legal Opinion

Hemmis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 21, 2001No. 4D99-2674PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

We affirm Appellant’s convictions on three counts. We reverse his sentence as *943to counts I and II and remand for modification of the sentence.

Appellant sentenced as a prison releasee re-offender, may not also be sentenced as a habitual offender where that sentence is not greater than the prison releasee re-offender sentence. Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla.2000); § 775.082(9)(c), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998); Yehowshua v. State, 773 So.2d 654 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

GUNTHER, STONE, and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Yehowshua v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Underhill v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001