Parker v. State

Feb 28, 1989
No. 88-651
Reporters:
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Before:
Zehmer
ZEHMER, Judge.

We affirm the legality of the sentence and the ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍trial court’s determination to sentence defendant, Timmie L. Parker, as an habitual offender. The sentencing court’s findings of ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍fact in support of that determination need not be stated in writing so long as such findings are ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍stated at a reported hearing. Adams v. State, 376 So.2d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). We decline to follow the second ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍district’s decision requiring such findings to be in writing, Hoefert v. State, 509 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), and certify ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‍direct conflict to the supreme court.

AFFIRMED.

SHIVERS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.