Case Name: Leroy Ricardo LEVAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-09-13
Citations: 741 So. 2d 611
Docket Number: Nos. 98-1130
Parties: Leroy Ricardo LEVAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BEFORE: GERSTEN, GREEN, and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 741
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
Leroy Ricardo LEVAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 98-1130.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 13, 1999.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Harvey J. Sepler, and Suzanne M. Froix, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Barbara A. Zappi, Assistant Attorney General (Fort Lauderdale), for appel-lee.
BEFORE: GERSTEN, GREEN, and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a violent career criminal and reject, under Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), the defendant's constitutional challenge to his sentence pursuant to Chapter 95-182, Laws of Florida. We certify conflict with Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla.1998) on the defendant's constitutional challenge.
Affirmed; conflict certified.
GERSTEN and SORONDO, JJ., concur.