Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 20, 2012No. 3D12-830PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSuarez, J.

Eddie Turner appeals from the denial of his petition to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800. We affirm.

Of the three prior felony offenses that the State proffered as predicate offenses for habitual offender sentencing, only the felony littering conviction qualifies under the habitual offender statute. § 775.084(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011).1 The statute governing violation of the Florida Litter Law, section 403.413, Florida Statutes (2008), does not authorize a habitual offender sentence enhancement under section 775.084. The omission of section…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Middleton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Gutierrez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. McFadden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  4. Berch v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  5. McFadden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Singletary v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  2. RAUL J. MARI v. THE STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2022

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