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FERRIS VAUGHNER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Affirmed. See Chapa v. State, 159 So. 3d 361, 362 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (facts found by the judge under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act are not elements of the offense and are within the “prior conviction” exception to Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000)).
PER CURIAM.
KLINGENSMITH, C.J., DAMOORGIAN and ARTAU, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: No. 4D22-2169
Decided: January 25, 2023
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
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