SIMPKINS v. STATE

No. 2D99-2909.

784 So.2d 1203 (2001)

Robert J. SIMPKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Shea Williams, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Robert Simpkins makes two challenges to his convictions and one to his sentence stemming from an armed robbery and ensuing flight from law enforcement. We affirm the convictions without discussion, but focus instead on the guidelines sentence the court imposed while apparently under the belief that it had no discretion to instead sentence Simpkins as a youthful offender. We remand for the court to reconsider the sentence in light of that discretion...

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