SPRADLIN v. STATE

No. 4D06-817.

967 So.2d 376 (2007)

Stephen SPRADLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

Defendant was convicted of felony battery, along with another offense, and sentenced for the felony battery as a prison releasee reoffender (PRR). He timely moved to correct the sentence, arguing that the PRR sentence was illegal because felony battery is not a qualifying crime for PRR sentencing. The trial court denied his motion. We reverse.

Simple battery is defined as "actually and intentionally touch[ing] or strik[ing] another person against...

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