Title: Rufus Campbell v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC00-894
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RUFUS CAMPBELL,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[July 12, 2001]
LEWIS, J.
We have for review Campbell v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly D756 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2000).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Campbell challenges his sentencing as a prison releasee reoffender pursuant
to convictions for burglary of an occupied dwelling and for felony petit theft.  We
approve the decision of the district court regarding Campbell’s sentencing as a
prison releasee reoffender for the burglary conviction.  However, we quash, in part,
the decision of the district court to the extent that it approves Campbell’s
1. See § 775.082(8)(a)1., Fla. Stat. (1997).
2. See § 812.014(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (1997).  
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sentencing under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act (the “Act”)1 for the offense
of felony petit theft.2  The Act does not contemplate sentencing as a prison releasee
reoffender for this offense.  Accordingly, we remand for reconsideration of the
issue upon application of our decisions in Grant v. State, 770 So. 2d 655 (Fla.
2000); State v. Cotton, 769 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2000); McKnight v. State, 769 So. 2d
1039 (Fla. 2000); and Ellis v. State, 762 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 2000).  
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D98-1793 
(Leon County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau
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Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahasseee, Florida,
for Respondent