Grimes v. State

THOMPSON, Judge,

Terry Joseph Grimes appeals his sentencing as a habitual felony offender.

Grimes argues that the only two qualifying felonies which formed the bases for his adjudication as a habitual offender were from the same violation of probation case and were entered on the same date. Grimes asserts that the habitual felony offender statute, section 775.084(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1995), requires two prior felony convictions. See White v. State, 637 So.2d 34 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). However, he argues, a habitual offender sentence cannot be based on prior convictions which were entered on the…