Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 16, 2012No. 2D11-1513Published

1Opinion of the Court

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A jury convicted Dwayne Williams of tampering with evidence, § 918.13(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2007). In this appeal he raises three claims of fundamental error: the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, the court erred in admitting evidence at trial, and the State failed to prove he qualified for habitual offender sentencing. We affirm his first two points without further discussion. We reverse the habitual offender sentence and remand for resentencing.

At the sentencing hearing, the prosecutor relied on documents contained in another of Williams’s ease files to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  2. Sanders v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  3. Prince v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  4. Brooks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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