Russell v. State

Full title: MARK RUSSELL, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 17, 1999

725 So. 2d 1274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-2515

Opinion filed February 17, 1999. JANUARY TERM, 1999

An Appeal under Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(i) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Ronald C. Dresnick, Judge; L.T. No. 95-35656.

Mark Russell, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Lara J. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SORONDO, 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.