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Glover v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 30, 2004
871 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Case No. 1D02-4802.

Opinion filed April 30, 2004.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County, William A. Wilkes, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and M.J. Lord, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Felicia A. Wilcox, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant, Gregory A. Glover, appeals his conviction for armed robbery and his sentence of life without parole as a prison releasee reoffender (PRR). Appellant raises six allegations of error. We affirm appellant's conviction and find merit only in Appellant's allegation of sentencing error. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

Because the state relied solely on hearsay evidence regarding Appellant's release date from prison, it failed to prove an essential requirement for sentencing pursuant to the PRR Act.See § 775.082(9), Fla. Stat. (2000); see also Sinclair v. State, 853 So.2d 551 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (holding evidence was legally insufficient to support imposition of sentences under the PRR Act where state relied solely on hearsay evidence regarding defendant's release date from prison and failed to prove prior convictions were defendant's); King v. State, 590 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) (holding probation officer's testimony regarding defendant's release date based on a Department of Corrections computer printout, was inadmissible hearsay because officer was not the "custodian" of records and had no knowledge regarding the method of preparation or the reliability of the printout).

On remand, the trial court may again sentence Appellant as a PRR if it makes the required findings and the evidence supports those findings. Reversed and remanded for resentencing.

BARFIELD, KAHN and HAWKES, JJ., CONCUR.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED.


Summaries of

Glover v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 30, 2004
871 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)
Case details for

Glover v. State

Case Details

Full title:GREGORY A. GLOVER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 30, 2004

Citations

871 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

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