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Rosier v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 10, 1991
586 So. 2d 516 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-3044.

October 10, 1991.

An Appeal from the Bay County Circuit Court; Clinton Foster, Judge.

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, Lynn A. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Suzanne G. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


The appellant, Cleveland Rosier, challenges the imposition of an enhanced sentence pursuant to the habitual felony offender statute. Specifically, appellant argues that the trial court sentenced him with an erroneous understanding of his prior criminal behavior. We agree, and find that at sentencing the trial court incorrectly recited appellant's criminal history, citing offenses not contained within appellant's presentence investigation and not supported by evidence produced at the sentencing hearing. We reject appellee's assertion that these errors were harmless. Because we cannot determine whether the errors were crucial to the trial court's decision to impose a habitual felony offender sentence, we reverse and remand for resentencing.

BOOTH, MINER and ALLEN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rosier v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 10, 1991
586 So. 2d 516 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Rosier v. State

Case Details

Full title:CLEVELAND ROSIER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Oct 10, 1991

Citations

586 So. 2d 516 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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