Graff v. State

STRINGER, Judge.

Lawrence Graff challenges his prisoner releasee reoffender sentence for strong-arm robbery and aggravated battery. We reverse because Graff was not “released” from a state correctional facility at the time he committed his offenses.

On November 6, 1998, Graff was confined at the Tampa Work Release Center, a state correctional facility. On December 4, 1998, Graff escaped from the facility and while at large, committed the offenses in this case. Graff' was later captured and charged with strong-arm robbery and aggravated battery. Graff pleaded guilty to the offenses, and the…