Legal Opinion
Wright v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 9, 2001No. 5D00-3501PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
780 So.2d 216 (2001)
Donald Eugene WRIGHT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D00-3501.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
February 9, 2001.
Rehearing Denied March 8, 2001.
Donald Eugene Wright, Daytona Beach, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.
PLEUS, J.
Donald Eugene Wright appeals the summary denial of his Rule 3.800(a) motion in which he claimed that the habitual felony offender statute, section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1993), is unconstitutional because it allows a defendant's punishment to be increased based on findings of fact made by a judge, rather than by a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Eutsey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
- State v. RuckerSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
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