Whitfield v. State

W. SHARP, Judge.

Whitfield appeals his judgment and sentences imposed after being convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, and misdemeanor criminal mischief. He was sentenced for the felonies under Florida’s Habitual Felony Offender Act,1 and he raises two sentencing issues.

Whitfield first claims that the Habitual Felony Offender Act as amended in 19882 unconstitutionally denies equal protection and due process to those sentenced under its provisions. This court previously upheld the constitutionality of the revised statute. See King v. State, 557…