West v. State

Derrick Devon West, the appellant, was charged with robbery with a firearm. Pursuant to a negotiated plea, *1233West pled nolo contendere to the lesser included offense of strong arm robbery and was sentenced as an habitual violent felony offender to twenty years Florida State Prison with a ten-year mandatory minimum and to a fifteen-year mandatory minimum as a prison releasee reoffender. On appeal, West contends that sentencing him as both an habitual violent felony offender and a prison releasee reoffender for the same offense violates double jeopardy. For the reasons expressed in West’s…