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984 So. 2d 656

Docket No. 1D07-4744.

Allen v. State

Edward Bernard ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2008-06-24

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 2011

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Relies on Witt v. State · 961 So. 2d 211 - State v. Hearns · Johns v. State

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Decided 2008-06-24

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¶1Edward Bernard Allen, pro se, Appellant.

¶2Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

¶3

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5We grant appellant's motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion filed March 28, 2008, and issue this corrected opinion in its stead.

¶6The appellant appeals the trial court's denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The second claim, that he was not properly charged by the state, is conclusively refuted *657 by the record, and we affirm the trial court's denial of this claim. The appellant also argues that his two five-year sentences imposed for two convictions of battery on a law enforcement officer may not be enhanced by sentencing him as a prison releasee reoffender ("PRR") because the offenses do not constitute forcible felonies. The appellant's claim has merit. See State v. Hearns,961 So.2d 211 (Fla.2007); Witt v. State,387 So.2d 922 (Fla. 1980) (changes that place beyond the authority of the state the power to impose certain penalties are to apply retroactively); Johns v. State,971 So.2d 271 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). We therefore reverse and remand for resentencing.

¶7AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.

¶8BENTON, LEWIS, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.

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