Ridley v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Jerry Ridley challenges a sentence for a misdemeanor conviction and a cost order imposed after our reversal and remand in his first appeal in this case. See Ridley v. State, 911 So.2d 217 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). In 2003, Ridley pleaded no contest to two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge and was convicted and sentenced. In Ridley’s first appeal we reversed the habitual offender sentences imposed for the felonies because it was not clear from the record that he qualified as a habitual offender. Because Ridley had not challenged the propriety of his habitual offender…