Simmons v. State

758 So.2d 1270 (2000)

Jonathan SIMMONS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D99-1968.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 7, 2000.

Jonathan Simmons, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Darien M. Doe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.

In response to a postconviction motion filed by Jonathan Simmons, the trial court agreed that under the version of the habitual offender statute in effect at the time of appellant's crimes,[1] it was not permissible to give a sentence as a habitual violent felony…