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ADAMS v. STATE

No. 92-0358.

617 So.2d 474 (1993)

Lee Frank ADAMS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham-Curtis, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LETTS, Judge.

The defendant raises the issue that the trial court erred in holding that it was mandatory, under section 775.084(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1991), to sentence the defendant to a life sentence for a first degree felony.

Under Burdick v. State, 594 So.2d 267 (Fla. 1992), sentencing, under the habitual felony offender and habitual violent felony statutes, is permissive, not mandatory. Thus, the trial court...

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