Case Name: Jermaine THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-05-17
Citations: 933 So. 2d 45
Docket Number: No. 4D04-3143
Parties: Jermaine THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STEVENSON, C.J., GUNTHER and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 933
Pages: 45–48

Head Matter:
Jermaine THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D04-3143.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 17, 2006.
Opinion Denying Rehearing July 12, 2006.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
A jury convicted Jermaine Thomas of robbery by snatching in violation of section 812.131(1), Florida Statutes (2002), and fleeing and eluding in violation of section 316.1935(2), Florida Statutes (2002). Thomas was sentenced as a habitual felony offender and a prison releas-ee reoffender for both offenses. In this appeal, Thomas challenges his conviction for robbery by snatching, arguing there was fundamental error in the jury instructions, and the sentences imposed for both offenses. We affirm in all respects, save the prison releasee reoffender sentence imposed for the fleeing and eluding conviction, which must be reversed. A prison releasee reoffender sentence is appropriate only if the crime for which the defendant is being sentenced is one of the enumerated felonies or "[a]ny felony that involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against an individual." § 775.082(9)(a)(l), Fla. Stat. (2002). Fleeing and eluding in violation of section 316.1935(2) is neither an enumerated felony nor a felony that "involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against an individual."
Affirmed in part and Reversed in part.
STEVENSON, C.J., GUNTHER and MAY, JJ., concur.