Dupree v. State

Jun 24, 1998
97-3183
Reporters:
,
Before:
Schwartz, Goderich, Sorondo (per curiam)

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Assistant ‍​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Wendy Benner-Leon, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and ‍​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍SORONDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the defendant‘s convictions finding no reversible error. Additionally, we affirm the defendant‘s sentence as a violent career ‍​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍criminal, Higgs v. State, 695 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), and certify conflict with the Second District‘s opinion in Thompson v. ‍​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍State, 708 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).

Affirmed; conflict certified.