ADAMS v. STATE

No. 91-00048.

609 So.2d 176 (1992)

Bobby ADAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Jennifer Y. Fogle, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HALL, Judge.

The appellant, Bobby Adams, contends that the trial court was under the erroneous impression that it was required to impose life sentences due to Adams's habitual offender status. He further contends that the trial court erred when it sentenced him as a habitual violent felony offender as to his convictions relating to his violation of probation. We agree with both contentions.

The state concedes that the trial judge may not have understood that...

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