Legal Opinion

Burns v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 6, 1996No. 96-0226PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm appellant’s conviction for the sale of a substance in lieu of a controlled substance.

The record shows that the trial court sentenced appellant as a habitual offender without having obtained or considered a presen-tence investigation report as required by section 775.084(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1995). Appellant did not waive his right to have the trial court consider such a report.

Accordingly, we reverse appellant’s sentence as a habitual offender. See Bardwell v. State, 617 So.2d 431 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). We remand this cause for resentencing with leave to the trial court to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bardwell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Barton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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