Legal Opinion

Colson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 30, 2013No. 1D12-0424PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

The appellant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to 15 years as a prison releasee reoffender (PRR). Following this Anders1 appeal, we affirm the appellant’s conviction, but reverse and remand for resentencing.

The appellant argues that he should be resentenced without the PRR designation. He alleges that the State’s document used to support the PRR sentence shows that he was released from prison over three years before the underlying robbery was committed. See § 775.082(9)(a)l, Florida Statutes (a PRR designation requires that the defendant commit or attempt to commit certain enumerated…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. State v. CauseySupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  3. Nix v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  4. Brinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  5. McCarthan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Harrison v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  3. Chestnut v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  4. Bobby Bernard Bradshaw v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014

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