Case Name: Johnny RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. Michael W. MOORE, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-09-03
Citations: 853 So. 2d 571
Docket Number: No. 3D02-2119
Parties: Johnny RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. Michael W. MOORE, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 853
Pages: 571–571

Head Matter:
Johnny RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. Michael W. MOORE, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellee.
No. 3D02-2119.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 3, 2003.
Bennett Brummer, Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Marni A. Bryson (Ft.Lauderdale), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SHEVIN, Judge.
We grant defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus asserting that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the predicate offenses relied on by the state to sentence defendant as a violent career criminal. A review of the record reveals, and the state properly concedes, that defendant's sentence is illegal as defendant does not qualify for sentencing as a violent career criminal pursuant to section 775.084(d), Florida Statutes (1999). We therefore vacate defendant's sentence and remand for resentencing according to the laws in effect at the time defendant's crime was committed.
Sentence vacated and cause remanded.