State v. Robbins

Four law enforcement officers arrived at a home to execute a search warrant for illegal drugs. Larry Edward Robbins answered the door, the officers attempted to enter, and Robbins shot one of them. The State’s appeal of the thirty-year prison sentence imposed on Robbins for the crime of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer in violation of section 784.07(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2003), directs us to a series of reclassification statutes to determine whether, as the State contends, they require imposition of a life sentence.1 The specific issue we must decide is whether the offense…