VARGAS v. STATE

No. 4D00-1603.

789 So.2d 1030 (2001)

Elijah VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan Odzer Hugentugler, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STONE, J.

Vargas was convicted and sentenced on three counts of kidnapping and three counts of robbery. We reverse his sentence as to counts I, III, and V. In all other respects, we affirm.

In Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000), the court held that the prison releasee reoffender (PRRO) statute permits simultaneous habitual offender and prison releasee reoffender sentences for the same offense only when the...

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