State v. Cowart

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. TYRONE COWART, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Apr 28, 1999

762 So. 2d 527 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-03185

Opinion filed April 28, 1999.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Robert E. Beach, (Senior) Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Judith Ellis, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the sentence imposed. See State v. Cotton, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D18 (Fla.2d DCA Dec. 18, 1998) (trial court has responsibility to exercise sentencing discretion under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act). See also State v. Wise, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D657 (Fla. 4th DCA Mar. 10, 1999). We acknowledge and certify conflict with McKnight v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D439 (Fla.3d DCA Feb. 17, 1999), and Woods v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D831 (Fla. 1st DCA Mar. 26, 1999).

Affirmed; conflict certified.

THREADGILL, A.C.J., and BLUE and FULMER, JJ., Concur.