Wilson v. State, 95-1795
Citation | 666 So.2d 271 |
Decision Date | 17 January 1996 |
Docket Number | No. 95-1795,95-1795 |
Parties | 21 Fla. L. Weekly D184 Anthony WILSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
An appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(g) from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Amy M. Dean, Judge.
Anthony Wilson, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Mark C. Katzef, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.
Defendant appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand.
The trial court adjudicated Anthony Wilson guilty of two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, life felonies. See Secs. 782.04(1), 777.04 & 775.087, Fla.Stat. (1991). The trial court also adjudicated the defendant to be a habitual felony offender, and sentenced him to extended terms of natural life in accordance with the provisions of section 775.084(4), Florida Statutes (1991). The state concedes that the trial court's adjudication of Wilson as a habitual felony offender was inappropriate. The habitual offender statute, section 775.084(4), Fla.Stat. (1991), does not provide for the sentencing of habitual felony offenders convicted of life felonies. The Florida Supreme Court, interpreting that section, has held that a defendant convicted of a life felony is not subject to enhanced punishment as an habitual offender. Lamont v. State, 610 So.2d 435, 438 (Fla.1992).
Accordingly, we vacate the sentence under review and remand for resentencing, where the trial court may impose life sentences, if it can supply valid contemporaneous written departure reasons. See State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1989) ( ); Roberts v. State, 547 So.2d 129 (Fla.1989). We find none of the remaining points Wilson raises to be meritorious.
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for resentencing.
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