Christopher Allen Pryor v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2023-0593 ____________ CHRISTOPHER ALLEN PRYOR, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. September 18, 2025 MUÑIZ, C.J. Florida law makes it a crime for a “violent career criminal” to possess a firearm. § 790.235(1), Fla. Stat. (2019). To qualify as a VCC, a person must meet various criteria, including having at least three prior convictions for offenses listed in the VCC statute. § 775.084(1)(d)1., Fla. Stat. (2019). Here, based on an incident that occurred in September 2019, a jury found Christopher Allen Pryor guilty of being a VCC in…