Case Name: Joseph SHANKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-01-12
Citations: 748 So. 2d 368
Docket Number: No. 3D99-2685
Parties: Joseph SHANKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 748
Pages: 368–369

Head Matter:
Joseph SHANKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D99-2685.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 12, 2000.
Joseph Shanks, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
On Rehearing Denied
PER CURIAM.
On consideration of the appellant's motion for rehearing, we withdraw the opin ion dated December 15, 1999, and substitute the following opinion.
Joseph Shanks contends that the offense of second degree murder with a firearm should be classified as a first degree felony punishable by life imprisonment, not a life felony. The trial court rejected appellant's claim, and we affirm. We have taken judicial notice of this court's file in Shanks v. State, number 96-282. This exact claim was made by the appellant in an earlier postconviction motion. The trial court rejected that claim and this court affirmed. See Shanks v. State, 676 So.2d 427 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). This claim is thus barred by the doctrine of res judicata.
Affirmed.