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Allen v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jul 15, 2009
12 So. 3d 919 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 4D04-4972.

July 15, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jorge Labarga, Judge; L.T. Case No. 03-13884CFA02.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender and John M. Conway, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Prior report: 7 So.3d 519.


ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA


This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court of Florida for reconsideration following its decision in Yisrael v. State, 993 So.2d 952 (Fla. 2008). In Yisrael, the supreme court disapproved of our decision as it related to the admission of a release date letter from the Department of Corrections as either a business or public records exception to the hearsay rule. However, "the supreme court held that a signed release date-letter, written under seal, or a section 90.902(11) business record certification, may be used to authenticate an attached DOC `Crime and Time Report' to render the entire report admissible under the public records exception to the hearsay rule." Ingram v. State, 7 So.3d 657, 657-58 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009) (citing Yisrael, 993 So.2d at 960).

Here, the State admitted the Crime and Time Report with the required authentication to support an enhanced sentence under the Prison Releasee Reoffender statute as approved in Yisrael, We therefore affirm.

Affirmed.

STEVENSON, MAY and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Allen v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jul 15, 2009
12 So. 3d 919 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Allen v. State

Case Details

Full title:Christopher Lee ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 15, 2009

Citations

12 So. 3d 919 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)