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Yates v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 16, 2008
978 So. 2d 281 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D07-1924.

April 16, 2008.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Indian River County, Dan L. Vaughn, J.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Yates appeals his prison release reoffender (PRR) sentence after the jury found him guilty of robbery by sudden snatching. On authority of State v. Hearns, 961 So.2d 211, 212 (Fla. 2007), we reverse, concluding that a conviction for robbery by sudden snatching cannot subject Yates to a PRR sentence. See id. (holding that "in determining whether a crime constitutes a forcible felony [and thus subjects a defendant to a PRR sentence], courts must consider only the statutory elements of the offense").

We remand for resentencing.

STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Yates v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 16, 2008
978 So. 2d 281 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Yates v. State

Case Details

Full title:James E. YATES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 16, 2008

Citations

978 So. 2d 281 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

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