Case Name: Randy L. GRIMMAGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-02-01
Citations: 575 So. 2d 233
Docket Number: No. 89-02315
Parties: Randy L. GRIMMAGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and LEHAN and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 575
Pages: 233–233

Head Matter:
Randy L. GRIMMAGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-02315.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 1, 1991.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 25, 1991.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the defendant's convictions. We also affirm his sentences in all cases except for circuit court case numbers 87-76 and 87-77. In those two eases, which occurred prior to the 1988 amendment to the habitual offender statute, the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant as an habitual offender without first finding that an enhanced sentence was necessary to protect the public. See Smith v. State, 561 So.2d 1281 (Fla.2d DCA 1990). On remand, the trial court may again impose habitual offender sentences if the proper findings are made.
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and LEHAN and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.