Sanders v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Before the trial court may impose a habitual felony offender sentence, it must find, based on record evidence, that the defendant has been previously convicted of any combination of two or more felonies and that the current felony occurred either (a) while the defendant was serving a prison sentence or lawfully imposed supervision as a result of a prior felony conviction; or (b) within five years from the date of conviction for the defendant's last prior felony or within five years from the date of the defendant's release from prison or supervision for a prior felony offense. See § 775.084(1)(a)2.a., Fla. Stat. (1999); see also Sanders v. State, 765 So.2d 161 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). Thus, the state must provide record evidence of the date of the current felony offense, the date of the conviction for the last prior felony, and the date the defendant was released from any prison term or supervision imposed for the last felony conviction. See Lowenthal v. State, 699 So.2d 319, 320 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Osborne v. State · 795 So. 2d 262 - Morss v. State