PORTER v. STATE

No. 4D11-3579.

110 So.3d 962 (2013)

George PORTER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, C.J.

The defendant appeals his sentence of five years in prison for grand theft. He argues the trial court erred in enhancing his sentence to a prison term without a jury finding that he was a "danger to the community," pursuant to section 775.082(10), Florida Statutes (2010). We disagree and affirm.

The State charged the defendant with grand theft and uttering a worthless check to a general contractor.1 The jury found the...

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