Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

James v. State

James v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 14, 2001 · Farmer, Klein, Taylor
778 So. 2d 457; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 1350; 2001 WL 124986 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

James v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Tim James, appeals his convictions for robbery with a weapon and carjacking arguing that the trial court erred in sentencing him as both a Habitual Felony Offender (“HFO”) and as a Prison Releasee Reoffender (“PRR”). We find no double jeopardy violation and affirm his convictions on authority of Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000). The state concedes, however, that the imposition of equal concurrent sentences violates the express provisions of the PRR Act. Grant. The Grant court cited with approval Walls v. State, 765 So.2d 733 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) in which the First District found that the trial court erred in entering two concurrent, equal sentences. Thus we reverse and remand with directions for the trial court to delete the HFO sentence.

FARMER, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

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