Mercado v. State

Domingo Mercado (“Mercado”) appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to correct illegal sentences imposed in the eight cases listed above. The gravamen of Mercado’s complaint is the Prison Releas-ee Reoffender adjudications and resulting mandatory sentences imposed on each count of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling. Although Mercado correctly notes that the Florida Supreme Court in State v. Huggins, 802 So.2d 276 (Fla.2001), held that the Prison Releasee Reoffender statute did not apply to burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, his reliance on Huggins is misplaced as the Legislature…