Zink v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Jesse Zink challenges his conviction for robbery and his sentence as a violent career criminal to thirty years in prison. We affirm Zink’s conviction without comment and write to explain why we disagree with the State’s concession of error on the sentencing issue.

Zink maintains that the trial court erred by imposing a violent career criminal sentence because the State failed to prove that he had the requisite number of prior convictions. To qualify for sentencing as a violent career criminal, a defendant must have three or more qualifying convictions. § 775.084(l)(d), Fla.…