Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2019

Fowler v. State

Fowler v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 16, 2019 · Emas, Fernandez, Salter
273 So. 3d 92 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Fowler v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Campbell v. State, 29 So.3d 1147 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that burglary of a dwelling with an assault or battery, a first-degree felony punishable by life imprisonment, is a qualifying offense *93under the prison releasee reoffender statute). See also §§ 775.082(9)(a)1.g. & q., Fla. Stat. (2001) (providing that "robbery" and "[b]urglary of a dwelling or burglary of an occupied structure" are qualifying offenses under the prison releasee reoffender provisions of section 775.082); § 775.087(1)(b) ) (providing that if, during the commission of a felony, a defendant commits an aggravated battery, the felony shall be reclassified from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony); § 775.082(9)(a)3.a.-b., Fla. Stat. (2001) (providing that if the State establishes "that a defendant is a prison releasee reoffender ... such defendant is not eligible for sentencing under the sentencing guidelines and must be sentenced as follows: a. For a felony punishable by life, by a term of imprisonment for life; b. For a felony of the first degree, by a term of imprisonment of 30 years").

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