Case Name: James F. PRINE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-04-27
Citations: 784 So. 2d 1239
Docket Number: No. 2D99-2866
Parties: James F. PRINE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PATTERSON, C.J., and ALTENBERND and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 784
Pages: 1239–1239

Head Matter:
James F. PRINE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D99-2866.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 27, 2001.
John S. Lynch, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jennifer R. Haymes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James F. Prine attempted to shoplift a socket wrench from a K Mart store. He was stopped by a security guard at the exit. A struggle ensued as Mr. Prine sought to break free from the security guard's grasp and flee. As a result of this struggle, Mr. Prine transformed the misdemeanor petit theft into the second-degree felony of robbery. Although his guidelines sentencing scoresheet called for a maximum sentence of 67.2 months, the prosecutor, in his sole discretion, elected to treat Mr. Prine as a prison releasee reof-fender and required the trial court to sentence Mr. Prine to a fifteen-year minimum mandatory term of imprisonment. See § 775.082, Fla. Stat. (1999); State v. Cotton, 769 So.2d 345 (Fla.2000). We find no reversible error and therefore affirm the conviction and the sentence.
Affirmed.
PATTERSON, C.J., and ALTENBERND and WHATLEY, JJ., concur.