Case Name: Joseph W. HARPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-08-19
Citations: 988 So. 2d 1212
Docket Number: No. 1D08-1101
Parties: Joseph W. HARPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN, DAVIS, and BENTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 988
Pages: 1212–1212

Head Matter:
Joseph W. HARPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D08-1101.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 19, 2008.
Hilda Piloto of Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Miami, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Lane v. State, 981 So.2d 596, 597 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) ("Apprendi does not apply in this case because the scoring of victim injury points . did not result in a sentence above the prescribed statutory maximum."); see also Card v. State, 497 So.2d 1169, 1177 (Fla.1986) ("Counsel cannot be labeled ineffective for failing to raise issues which have no merit.").
ALLEN, DAVIS, and BENTON, JJ., concur.