West v. State

Jason Darrell West was adjudicated guilty of burglary and sentenced to thirty years in prison as an habitual felony offender. In addition, the trial court imposed a public defender’s fee in the amount of $2500 pursuant to section 938.29(5), Florida Statutes (2009). West filed an appeal from his judgment of conviction and sentence and while the appeal was pending, also filed two motions under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2), one of which challenged his habitual felony offender sentence as unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d…