Aarry TARVER, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
*337 Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Aarry Tarver has appealed from sentencing as an habitual felony offender, following his plea of nolo contendere to two counts of sale of a counterfeit controlled substance. We affirm.
Tarver's counsel files a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
We deny the motion to dismiss. See Kearney v. State,
We turn finally to the trial court's alleged failure to make any of the findings set forth at section 775.084(1)(a), Florida Statutes. At the sentencing proceeding following Tarver's plea, the state sought habitual offender classification (Tarver did not stipulate to habitual offender sentencing as a part of his plea agreement). The state introduced evidence of four prior felony convictions, the last occurring on October 15, 1990, and the defense specifically stated that it had no objection. The trial court thereafter found simply that "Mr. Tarver does meet the statutory requirements for sentencing as an habitual felony *338 offender. I'm therefore going to so classify him for sentencing purposes." The court then imposed concurrent 5 year terms.
While we agree that the trial court erred in failing to make any of the specific findings set forth at section 775.084(1)(a) prior to sentencing Tarver as an habitual offender, we find that such failure was harmless error under State v. Rucker,
However, given the same unrebutted evidence, no subjective analysis is required to determine either the existence of the requisite prior felony convictions, or that the last prior felony conviction occurred within 5 years of the commission of the present felony. Section 775.084(1)(a)1. and 2., Fla. Stat. Therefore, the logical outcome of Rucker is that, where the state has introduced unrebutted evidence of a defendant's prior convictions, the failure to make any of the findings set forth at section 775.084(1)(a) is harmless error. Because the state herein introduced certified copies of four prior felony convictions, the last occurring October 15, 1990, to which the defense specifically stated that it did not object, the failure of the trial court to make any of the findings set forth at section 775.084(1)(a) was harmless error, and we affirm.
Pursuant to Rule 9.030(a)(2)(A)(vi), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, we note that this decision apparently conflicts with Robinson v. State,
Affirmed.
JOANOS, C.J., and BARFIELD and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
