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Corbitt v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 20, 1997
697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-3697

Opinion filed August 20, 1997

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Marvin U. Mounts, Jr., Judge; L.T. Case No. 91-6388 CFA02.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


While we affirm appellant's sentences for robbery with a firearm and burglary while armed with a firearm, the State concedes, and we agree, that appellant's habitual felony offender sentence for kidnapping with a firearm must be reversed. Appellant committed the offense in 1991, when the habitual offender statute did not provide for the enhancement of life felonies. See § 775.084(4), Fla. Stat. (1991); Lamont v. State, 610 So.2d 435, 439 (Fla. 1992). In resentencing appellant on remand, the trial court may exceed the sentencing guidelines if there are valid grounds to do so. See Grant v. State, 677 So.2d 45 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Under the 1991 statutes, kidnapping is a first degree felony which is reclassified as a life felony when a firearm is used. See §§ 775.087(1)(a), 787.01(2), Fla. Stat. (1991).

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART.

STONE, C.J., POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Corbitt v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 20, 1997
697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Corbitt v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY CORBITT, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 20, 1997

Citations

697 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

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