Case Name: Mitchell NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-03-16
Citations: 898 So. 2d 228
Docket Number: No. 4D04-236
Parties: Mitchell NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, GROSS and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 898
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
Mitchell NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D04-236.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 16, 2005.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laura Fisher Zibura, As sistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Mitchell Newkirk seeks reversal on direct appeal of his habitual felony offender sentence. As grounds, he argues that the evidence of his predicate convictions was insufficient because the state failed to offer expert fingerprint analysis. The state had a fingerprint expert ready to testify at the sentencing hearing; the only reason the state did not call its expert was because defense counsel indicated no fingerprint analysis was necessary.
We affirm Newkirk's sentence because defense counsel's conduct at the hearing was tantamount to a concession that no error occurred. This is, of course, without prejudice to Newkirk filing a 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief.
Affirmed.
STONE, GROSS and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.