Cotton v. State

Cornelius COTTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 7, 1995.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1995-04-07

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 2002

2 state decisions

Relies on Shook v. State · 605 So. 2d 1309 - Gahley v. State

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Decided 1995-04-07

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¶1Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Nada M. Carey, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., William J. Bakstran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

¶3ERVIN, Judge.

¶4The trial court erroneously considered appellant's juvenile adjudications of delinquency as predicate offenses to support a habitual offender sentence. Shook v. State,603 So.2d 617 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Gahley v. State,605 So.2d 1309 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). We reverse and remand for resentencing.

¶5REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.

¶6MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.