Wе reverse the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to cоrrect illegal sentence and remand for resentencing. The trial cоurt failed to address ground two of appellant’s motion. Appellant сorrectly argued in this ground that his violent career criminal (VCC) sentences on count three (aggravated fleeing and eluding) and count seven (grand theft) are illegal. These offenses are not enumerated by the VCC statute. See § 775.084(l)(d), Fla. Stаt. (2002) (enumerating qualifying and predicate offenses, including “any forcible felony, as described in s. 776.08”). Nor are these offenses enumerated as a forсible felony. See § 776.08, Fla. Stat. (2002).
As the State concedes, grand theft clearly does not qualify for VCC sentencing. See Ubilla v. State,
Applying the statutory elements test as required by State v. Hearns,
“Forcible felоny” means treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invаsion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravаted battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which invоlves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual.
Id. (emphasis supplied). Pursuant to Hearns and Perkins, we must look strictly to the statutory elements of the offense in detеrmining whether the offense necessarily involves the requisite use or threat of physical force or violence against a person. Hearns,
In Hearns, the court held thаt battery on a law enforcement officer did not fall within the “catchаll” provision because the offense could be committed by a merе intentional touching.
Appellant was convicted of aggravated fleeing and eluding pursuant to section 316.1935(3), Florida Statutes (2002), which provides in relevant part:
Any person who willfully flees or attempts to elude а law enforcement officer in an authorized law enforcement рatrol vehicle with agency insignia and other jurisdictional markings prominently disрlayed on the vehicle with siren and lights activated, and during the course of thе fleeing or attempted eluding drives at high speed, or in any manner which demonstrates a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or propеrty commits a felony of the second degree.
Id. While this offense often рoses a great risk of physical harm to others, we conclude that this offense can be committed without the use of physical force or viоlence against an individual. The offense can be committed merely by driving аt high speed or by driving in a manner showing wanton disregard for “property.” To determine whether a crime falls within the definition of a “forcible felony,” Hearns and Perkins require us tо look at the statutory elements of the crime and not to the actuаl circumstances of this case. Because this offense can be committed in a manner that does not necessarily require the use or threаt of physical force or violence against an individual, the offense does not qualify under the final clause of the VCC statute. Hearns,
Accordingly, we reverse and remand with instructions that the trial court resen-tence appellant.
