COLLINS v. STATE

No. 4D01-1690.

839 So.2d 862 (2003)

Cecil COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Dea Abramschmitt, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr. Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for burglary of an occupied dwelling. He raises as error the jury instructions given and the court's impromptu sentencing. We affirm his conviction, but reverse and remand the case for a new sentencing hearing.

Testimony revealed that the defendant had followed, watched, and made sexual advances to the female victim prior to the incident. On the day in question, the defendant entered the victim's apartment...

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