King v. State

Full title: LAVON KING, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 20, 1999

729 So. 2d 542 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-179

Opinion filed April 20, 1999.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County, William A. Wilkes, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Charmaine Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals; and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee; for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Lavon King appeals his life sentence under the "Prison Releasee Reoffender Punishment Act." See 775.082(8), Fla. Stat. (1997). We affirm but certify as a question of great public importance the same question certified in Woods v. State, Case No. 98-1955 (Fla. 1st DCA Mar. 26, 1999).

ERVIN, BOOTH, and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.