WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 1D13-2316.

143 So.3d 423 (2014)

Joseph A. WILLIAMS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Jay Kubica and Samuel B. Steinberg , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


MARSTILLER, J.

Joseph A. Williams, Jr. ("Appellant"), was convicted by a jury of burglary of a dwelling and grand theft. The trial court imposed a 15-year Prison Releasee Reoffender ("PRR") sentence for the burglary pursuant to section 775.082(9), Florida Statutes, and a concurrent five-year sentence for the grand theft. Appellant argues the PRR sentence is unconstitutional because the trial court, and not the jury, found the facts necessary to establish him as a...

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