Case Name: Parnell SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-05-01
Citations: 274 So. 3d 1140
Docket Number: No. 3D19-483
Parties: Parnell SMITH, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and LINDSEY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 274
Pages: 1140–1141

Head Matter:
Parnell SMITH, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D19-483
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed May 1, 2019
Rehearing Denied June 18, 2019
Parnell Smith, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and LINDSEY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See § 775.082(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1983) (providing that a person who has been convicted of a life felony committed prior to October 1, 1983 may be punished "by a term of imprisonment for life or for a term of years not less than 30 and, for a life felony committed on or after October 1, 1983, by a term of imprisonment for life or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 40 years") (emphasis added).