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Cunningham v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 25, 1995
648 So. 2d 328 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 93-2232.

January 25, 1995.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; James R. Stewart, Jr., Judge.

Louise A.D. Jones, Louise A.D. Jones, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melvina Racey Flaherty, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse, in part, a final order on Appellant's motion for post-conviction relief. There is no record support for Appellant's sentence as a habitual violent offender. It is undisputed that Appellant, sentenced pursuant to a plea, did not agree to be sentenced as a habitual violent offender. Therefore, the sentence imposing a minimum mandatory term is in error. On remand, the trial court need not conduct a resentencing, but need only strike the minimum mandatory portion of Appellant's sentence and resentence Appellant as a habitual offender. There is support in the record for Appellant's sentence as a habitual offender. See Chaison v. State, 608 So.2d 560 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), rev. denied, 617 So.2d 318 (Fla. 1993).

In all other respects, the final order of the trial court is affirmed both as to the judgment and sentence.

STONE, POLEN and KLEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Cunningham v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 25, 1995
648 So. 2d 328 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Cunningham v. State

Case Details

Full title:WALTER CUNNINGHAM, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 25, 1995

Citations

648 So. 2d 328 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)