Case Name: Roy Milton RICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-09-13
Citations: 767 So. 2d 610
Docket Number: No. 3D00-1001
Parties: Roy Milton RICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 767
Pages: 610–610

Head Matter:
Roy Milton RICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D00-1001.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 13, 2000.
Roy Milton Ricks, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
The trial court order denying the Motion for Post-Conviction Relief filed by the appellant Roy Milton Ricks is reversed based on the Confession of Error filed by the appellee State of Florida. Because the offense for which Ricks was convicted occurred within the applicable window period for standing to challenge the constitutionality of enhanced sentences under the Gort Act, Ch. 95-182J Laws of Fla., the enhanced sentence entered under that Act in Ricks' case was properly challenged in his rule 3.850 motion. The case is therefore remanded to the trial court for resentenc-ing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on June 8, 1996, the date of Ricks' offense. See Salters v. State, 758 So.2d 667 (Fla.2000); Hayes v. State, 598 So.2d 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).
Reversed and remanded for resentenc-ing.