Gonzalez v. State

Full title: Jose Manuel GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 10, 1999

724 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 97-2822

February 10, 1999.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Leslie B. Rothenberg, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Suzanne M. Froix, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GODERICH, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the defendant's sentences as a violent career criminal, Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), and again certify conflict with the Second District's opinion in Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA), review granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla. 1998).

Affirmed; conflict certified.