Legal Opinion

Delevaux v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 7, 2001No. 3D01-241Published

1Per curiam

Eugene Delevaux appeals the sentence imposed upon remand. We affirm.

Delevaux was sentenced on May 8, 1996, as a habitual violent felony offender. This Court vacated Delevaux’s sentence and remanded the case for re-sentencing because the predicate offense which the trial court relied upon was insufficient to support ha-bitualization. See Delevaux v. State, 762 So.2d 1062 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). On remand, the trial court agreed that Dele-vaux’s strong-arm robbery offense was insufficient to support habitualization and imposed an upward departure sentence based on valid departure reasons. Dele-vaux…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Lovett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  3. Delevaux v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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