Case Name: Jerry BUNION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-05-13
Citations: 636 So. 2d 873
Docket Number: No. 92-02942
Parties: Jerry BUNION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PARKER and LAZZARA, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 636
Pages: 873–874

Head Matter:
Jerry BUNION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-02942.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 13, 1994.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, Chief Judge.
Jerry Bunion has appealed from the habitual offender sentence imposed upon him following his conviction for sexual battery. The trial judge, before imposing habitual offender sanctions, made an assumption that Bunion had been released from incarceration or other commitment within five years of the offense for which he was being sentenced. See § 775.084(l)(b)(2) (1991), Fla.Stat. Although this assumption may indeed prove to be valid, the judge erred in sentencing the defendant as a habitual offender on an inadequate record. Frazier v. State, 595 So.2d 131 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); Davis v. State, 588 So.2d 289 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). On remand, the state may once again attempt to support habitual offender sentencing.
Reversed and remanded for resentencing.
PARKER and LAZZARA, JJ., concur.