Case Name: William Frank BUTLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-12-15
Citations: 946 So. 2d 1131
Docket Number: No. 2D05-5729
Parties: William Frank BUTLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FULMER, C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., and THREADGILL, EDWARD F., Senior Judge, Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 946
Pages: 1131–1131

Head Matter:
William Frank BUTLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D05-5729.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 15, 2006.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 31, 2007.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
William Frank Butler, pro se.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm William Butler's conviction for resisting arrest with violence and his sentence as a violent career criminal. See Brown v. State, 789 So.2d 366 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (affirming prison releasee reof-fender sentence when battery on a law enforcement officer was qualifying forcible felony). On the sentencing issue, we certify conflict with Hearns v. State, 912 So.2d 377 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (holding that battery on a law enforcement officer does not always constitute forcible felony for enhanced sentencing), review granted, 926 So.2d 1270 (Fla.2006).
Affirmed; conflict certified.
FULMER, C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., and THREADGILL, EDWARD F., Senior Judge, Concur.