Supreme Court of Florida

Section 775.21, Florida Statutes (2000), does not authorize imposition of a sexual predator designation on a defendant based on a predicate offense that did not qualify the defendant for sexual predator status at the time of sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2005
• Published 10/27/2005

Judges

• PARIENTE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles V. Peppler, Pensacola, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.