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921 So. 2d 645

Kraus v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 2, 2005

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2005-11-02

Decided 2005-11-02

¶1On Rehearing Granted

COPE, C.J.

¶2The court grants the amended motion for rehearing filed by defendant-appellant Kraus, to clarify our ruling.

¶3As stated in the court’s earlier opinion, the defendant qualifies as a habitual violent felony offender (HVFO) in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court number OX-14126 (“the 2001 case”). In that case, resentencing is to occur as follows. On count one (burglary of an occupied dwelling) the sentence of fifteen years as an HVFO will remain the same. However, the fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence on count one exceeds the legal maximum. See § 775.084(4)(b)2., Fla. Stat. (2001). On count one the mandatory minimum sentence must be reduced to ten years.

¶4On count two (grand theft) the fifteen-year sentence exceeds the legal maximum. See id. § 775.084(4)(b)3. The fifteen-year sentence must be reduced to ten years as an HVFO. Similarly, the fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence on count two exceeds the legal maximum. See id. The fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence on count two must be reduced to five years.

¶5With regard to Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 96-5770 (“the 1996 ease”), we modify our prior ruling. On counts one (armed robbery) and three (shooting or throwing a deadly missile) the fifteen-year sentences will remain the same. On count two (aggravated assault with a deadly weapon) the sentence must be reduced to five years. On count four (tampering with a witness), the trial court had imposed a suspended sentence of fifteen years. The sentence must be reduced to one year suspended.

¶6As stated in our prior opinion, the defendant need not be present for resentencing.

¶7Rehearing granted.

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