Case Name: Richard SHEPPARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-05-22
Citations: 274 So. 3d 1152
Docket Number: No. 3D19-638
Parties: Richard SHEPPARD, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCALES, HENDON, and MILLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 274
Pages: 1152–1152

Head Matter:
Richard SHEPPARD, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D19-638
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed May 22, 2019
Rehearing Denied June 18, 2019
Richard Sheppard, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCALES, HENDON, and MILLER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See State v. Whitehead, 472 So.2d 730, 731-32 (Fla. 1985) ("[P]ursuant to section 775.087(1), a first-degree felony shall be reclassified to a life felony if a weapon or firearm is used ."); State v. Smith, 470 So.2d 764, 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985) ("Second degree murder is a felony of the first degree, and when committed with a firearm, is reclassified as a life felony." (internal citation omitted) (citing § 775.087(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1983) ; Strickland v. State, 437 So.2d 150 (Fla. 1983) ).