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Denlinger v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 23, 2009
17 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 4D05-2475.

September 23, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County, Gary L. Sweet, J.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ON REMAND FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT


We reconsider on remand our opinion in Delinger v. State, 944 So.2d 1072 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), which was quashed by the Florida Supreme Court following its decision in Denlinger v. State, 7 So.3d 522, 523 (Fla. 2009). As ordered by the supreme court, we apply its decision in Yisrael v. State, 993 So.2d 952 (Fla. 2008), to the facts of this case.

In our prior opinion of 2006, we inadvertently misspelled Appellant Denlinger's name as "Delinger."

In Yisrael, the Florida Supreme Court disapproved of this Court's holding in Yisrael v. State, 938 So.2d 546 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), which was the case relied upon by this Court in holding that the Crime and Time Report alone was sufficient evidence of Denlinger's last release date to sentence him as a Prison Releasee Reoffender (PRR). § 775.082(9)(a)(1), Fla. Stat. (2005).

Given the supreme court's reasoning in Yisrael, we now reverse Denlinger's sentence as a PRR. For a Crime and Time Report to be admitted as a business record at a sentencing hearing, the State must supply the authentication required by sections 90.803(6) and 90.902(11), Florida Statutes, or it must submit the Crime and Time Report and a signed and sealed release-date letter as one combined record. Yisrael, 993 So.2d at 958, 960. In this case, neither a business-record authentication nor a signed and sealed release-date letter was submitted.

We, therefore, remand for resentencing consistent with the supreme court's decision in Yisrael. Upon remand, the State may present additional evidence to prove that the defendant qualifies for PRR sentencing. See State v. Collins, 985 So.2d 985, 990 (Fla. 2008).

Reversed and Remanded.

POLEN, MAY and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Denlinger v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 23, 2009
17 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Denlinger v. State

Case Details

Full title:Michael P. DENLINGER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 23, 2009

Citations

17 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

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