Levar Jermaine Taborn Tyson v. State of Florida

Before Levar Tyson pulled a- gun in a strip-club parking lot, he already had at least four felony convictions, including at least one for possession of a firearm by a felon. Tyson had already served part of a seven-year sentence in New Jersey for, among other things, weapon possession. So after the strip-club incident led to a new felon-in-possession conviction, it should have been no surprise that the sentencing court considered Tyson’s track record. The court gave Tyson ten years—below the fifteen-year maximum, but more than the seven years Tyson requested.

On appeal, Tyson does not…