CROFT v. STATE

No. 5D09-2570.

60 So.3d 1151 (2011)

Pearl Marie CROFT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The Appellant, Pearl Marie Croft, was convicted by a jury of attempted first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and designated a prison releasee reoffender. In this direct appeal, Croft challenges the legality of her sentence. She does not contest the PRR designation. Rather, she argues that the offense should have been classified as a first-degree felony, not a life felony. We agree and reverse.

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