LOPEZ v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Luis Fernando LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D2025-0802

Decided: July 23, 2025

Before FERNANDEZ, GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.

Luis Fernando Lopez, in proper person. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Yolande M. Samerson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See § 775.084(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (“The court, in conformity with the procedure established in paragraph (3)(a), may sentence the habitual violent felony offender as follows ․ In the case of a life felony or a felony of the first degree, for life, and such offender shall not be eligible for release for 15 years ․ In the case of a felony of the second degree, for a term of years not exceeding 30, and such offender shall not be eligible for release for 10 years ․ In the case of a felony of the third degree, for a term of years not exceeding 10, and such offender shall not be eligible for release for 5 years.”).

PER CURIAM.

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