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WILLIAMS v. STATE

Nos. 98-2133, 97-2372.

731 So.2d 99 (1999)

Harold WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and John E. Morrison, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Lara J. Edelstein (Fort Lauderdale), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Based on a guilty verdict for burglary with an assault while armed and several prior felony convictions, Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment as a violent career criminal under the Evelyn Gort Act, Chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida. There is no claim of trial error and we reject the defendant's challenges to the application of the statute:

1. First, on the authority of Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872

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