Supreme Court of Florida

The imposition of a habitual felony offender sentence (an enhancement) was not barred by double jeopardy, because the convicted offense, battery on a law enforcement officer, is not itself an "enhancement" but rather a statute which reclassifies an enumerated offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/20/2002
• Published 06/20/2002

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butteworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.