Case Name: James E. YATES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-04-16
Citations: 978 So. 2d 281
Docket Number: No. 4D07-1924
Parties: James E. YATES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 978
Pages: 281–282

Head Matter:
James E. YATES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D07-1924.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 16, 2008.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Yates appeals his prison release reoffen-der (PRR) sentence after the jury found him guilty of robbery by sudden snatching. On authority of State v. Hearns, 961 So.2d 211, 212 (Fla.2007), we reverse, concluding that a conviction for robbery by sudden snatching cannot subject Yates to a PRR sentence. See id. (holding that "in determining whether a crime constitutes a forcible felony [and thus subjects a defendant to a PRR sentence], courts must consider only the statutory elements of the offense").
We remand for re-sentencing.
STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.