Case Name: Dale Emmerson HICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-01-26
Citations: 750 So. 2d 730
Docket Number: Nos. 3D99-560, 3D99-656
Parties: Dale Emmerson HICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 750
Pages: 730–730

Head Matter:
Dale Emmerson HICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 3D99-560, 3D99-656.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 26, 2000.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Roy A. Heimlich, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Barbara A. Zappi (Fort Lauder-dale), Assistant Attorney General, for ap-pellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant's claims of error on direct appeal from the conviction are patently without merit. On the state's appeal from the sentence, we do not reach the issue of the propriety of the trial court's failure to consider the state's request for an enhanced sentence of the defendant as a habitual offender under section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1999), because the record clearly demonstrates that if the issue had been considered, the court in the appropriate exercise of its discretion would have declined to enhance and imposed the same guidelines sentence. See Davis v. State, 642 So.2d 136 (Fla. 3d DCA1994).
Affirmed.