Case Name: Sharon TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-04-10
Citations: 559 So. 2d 385
Docket Number: No. 89-1653
Parties: Sharon TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 385–385

Head Matter:
Sharon TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-1653.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 10, 1990.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Ann Ash, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
As the instant offense was committed after October 1, 1988, the amended version of the.habitual offender statute applied, which deleted the requirement that the trial court determine if habitual offender treatment "is necessary for the protection of the public_" Ch. 88-131, § 6, Laws of Fla.; see § 775.084(3), Fla.Stat. (Supp.1988); Robinson v. State, 551 So.2d 1240, 1241 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). The trial court's oral findings need not be reduced to writing and were otherwise sufficient. See Parker v. State, 546 So.2d 727, 729 (Fla.1989), overruling sub silentio Rodriguez v. State, 542 So.2d 1064 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), and Scott v. State, 423 So.2d 986 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).
Affirmed.