WATSON v. STATE (2001)

District Court of Appeal of Florida,Fourth District.

Dewayne WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D99-2733.

Decided: January 03, 2001

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Appellant was convicted of armed burglary with a firearm, aggravated assault, and the false imprisonment of four people. Pursuant to section 775.082(8), Florida Statutes (1997), the Prison Releasee Reoffender Punishment Act (PRRA), he was given a life sentence to be served concurrently with five five-year sentences. He also received a life sentence and five ten-year sentences as a Habitual Felony Offender (HFO) pursuant to section 775.084. According to Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla.2000), such dual sentences are not unconstitutional, and because the five HFO sentences exceed the PRRA sentences, they are authorized by the PRRA. The concurrent HFO life sentence, however, is not authorized by the PRRA. Affirmed in part and reversed in part for resentencing consistent with Grant.

PER CURIAM.

STONE, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.

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