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Simmons v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 7, 2000
758 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 3D99-1968.

Opinion filed June 7, 2000.

An appeal under Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(i) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Richard V. Margolius, Judge. L.T No. 88-43713

Jonathan Simmons, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Darien M. Doe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.


In response to a postconviction motion filed by Jonathan Simmons, the trial court agreed that under the version of the habitual offender statute in effect at the time of appellant's crimes, it was not permissible to give a sentence as a habitual violent felony offender on count twelve, second degree murder with a firearm, which is a life felony. See Lamont v. State, 610 So.2d 435, 438 (Fla. 1992). The trial court vacated the fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence on count twelve, but made no other change in the sentence.

December 15, 1988.

On this appeal, defendant-appellant Simmons points out that he is entitled to be resentenced under the guidelines on count twelve. Defendant is correct. See id. Accordingly we reverse the trial court order in part and remand with directions to resentence the defendant on count twelve only, in accordance with the guidelines. The habitual violent felony offender adjudication on count twelve must also be vacated.

Defendant need not be present at the resentencing, and we reject the defendant's argument that he is entitled to be present. In view of defendant's other life sentences, this amounts to a technical correction on count twelve only.

We affirm the striking of the mandatory minimum sentence on count twelve, but reverse for the other relief just stated.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for correction of sentence.


Summaries of

Simmons v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 7, 2000
758 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Simmons v. State

Case Details

Full title:JONATHAN SIMMONS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 7, 2000

Citations

758 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

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