TURCOTTE v. STATE

No. 92-1973.

617 So.2d 1164 (1993)

Lance TURCOTTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DIAMANTIS, Judge.

Appellant appeals his habitual offender sentence. We affirm.

After appellant pled guilty to two counts of uttering a false or forged instrument,1 the trial court, sua sponte, filed a notice and order for a separate proceeding to determine whether appellant qualified as an habitual felony offender. Appellant objected, arguing that this action by the trial court violated the principle of separation of powers...

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