Case Name: Curtis SLADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-03-02
Citations: 898 So. 2d 120
Docket Number: No. 4D03-2733
Parties: Curtis SLADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FARMER, C.J., and SHAHOOD, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 898
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
Curtis SLADE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D03-2733.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 2, 2005.
Rehearing Denied April 21, 2005.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm appellant Curtis Slade's conviction and sentence in all respects. We decline to accept appellee, State of Florida's, concession of error based on Osborne v. State, 820 So.2d 1046 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). In this case, unlike Osborne, the trial court relied upon record evidence presented to the court in the form of certified copies of convictions and "original" court files. As the trial court then stated: "I don't know how much better a record you can get than that. I find the official court documents speak for themselves. And the court now declares Mr. Slade a habitual offender."
AFFIRMED.
FARMER, C.J., and SHAHOOD, J., concur.
TAYLOR, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.