Case Name: Pernell MORANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-05-09
Citations: 785 So. 2d 665
Docket Number: No. 3D01-1056
Parties: Pernell MORANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 785
Pages: 665–665

Head Matter:
Pernell MORANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D01-1056.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 9, 2001.
Pernell Morant, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See State v. Davis, 203 So.2d 160, 163 (Fla.1967)(holding that in "true recidivist situation," state must prove that defendant was previously adjudicated guilty of felony by court of competent jurisdiction; record of prior conviction sufficient to establish that adjudication unless judgment "so fundamentally defective that it could not constitutionally support a conviction."); Simmons v. State, 782 So.2d 1000 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (holding that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 630 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) does not apply to habitual offender statute); Wright v. State, 780 So.2d 216 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) (same).