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780 So. 2d 1042

Docket No. 4D99-3960.

Gray v. State

Eugene GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2001-04-04

Cited by 4 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2002

2 state decisions

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Wright v. State

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Decided 2001-04-04

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¶1Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Maxine Williams, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and M. Rebecca Springer, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

¶3

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5We grant rehearing, withdraw our prior opinion, and substitute the following opinion in its place.

¶6Appellant's conviction for attempted sexual battery on a child and indecent assault is affirmed. We note, however, that the judgment and sentence reflect that appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charges when, in fact, appellant was found guilty after a jury trial. Therefore, we sua sponte remand to the trial court to enter a corrected judgment and sentence. Appellant need not be present for this purpose.

¶7We reject appellant's claim that under Apprendi v. New Jersey,530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), his habitual offender sentence is unconstitutional. Apprendi does not apply to enhanced sentences based on prior convictions. See Wright v. State,780 So.2d 216 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

¶8GUNTHER, STONE and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.

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