Murray v. State

ON MANDATE FROM SUPREME COURT

FARMER, Judge.

This case is back before us upon the Mandate of the Supreme Court of Florida. In our earlier decision in this case, we had affirmed the conviction but reversed the sentence to make specific factual findings as to whether defendant qualified for habitual felony offender [HFO] sentencing. Murray v. State, 602 So.2d 583 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). On review the supreme court quashed our decision and returned the case to us for a determination as to whether it is really necessary in light of State v. Rucker, 613 So.2d 460 (Fla.1993), to send this case back to…