WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 94-755.

650 So.2d 1054 (1995)

Detrick WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Richard Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


WEBSTER, Judge.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant seeks review of habitual offender sentences imposed, pursuant to negotiated pleas, for two counts of armed kidnapping. He argues that, because those two offenses are life felonies, the habitual offender sentences are illegal. We reverse.

Apparently, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the trial court and appellant were all laboring under the erroneous belief that armed kidnapping is a first-degree...

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