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David ROMERO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
    No. 98-2811.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Jan. 5, 2000.
    Opinion on Rehearing Feb. 16, 2000.
    
      Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant/cross-appellee.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee/cross-appellant.
   PER CURIAM.

David Romero appeals his conviction on charges of burglary of a dwelling and dealing in stolen property. We are unpersuaded by Romero’s arguments and affirm his judgment.

The state cross-appeals the trial court’s refusal to sentence Romero under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act because the court concluded burglary of an unoccupied structure did not fit within the felonies to which the Act applied. We previously held that for purposes of sentencing under the Act, the question of whether a dwelling was occupied or unoccupied was of no consequence. See Scott v. State, 721 So.2d 1245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). However, this court recently receded from Scott in State v. Huggins, 744 So.2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (en banc). Pursuant to Huggins, we affirm Romero’s sentence.

AFFIRMED.

POLEN, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

We correct our slip opinion, issued January 5, 2000, to reflect the trial court had sentenced the defendant for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, rather than an unoccupied structure. Further, as in our en banc opinion in State v. Huggins, 744 So.2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), we certify conflict with the second district’s decision in State v. White, 736 So.2d 1231 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

POLEN, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.