Case Name: Andrew WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-07-20
Citations: 641 So. 2d 913
Docket Number: No. 93-00281
Parties: Andrew WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THREADGILL and FULMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 641
Pages: 913–913

Head Matter:
Andrew WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-00281.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 20, 1994.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 6, 1994.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John S. Lynch, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
HALL, Acting Chief Judge.
Andrew Williams appeals his convictions and sentences for robbery with a firearm and first degree murder. We find merit only in his contention that the trial court failed to follow the procedure required by the applicable version of the habitual offender statute in sentencing him to an extended term of imprisonment for the robbery conviction.
The robbery was committed on September 20, 1986, and, therefore, the trial court should have followed the procedure required by the 1985 version of the habitual offender statute. Smith v. State, 561 So.2d 1281 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Section 775.084(3), Florida Statutes (1985), required that the trial court determine in a separate proceeding whether sentencing the defendant to an extended term of imprisonment was necessary for the protection of the public from further criminal activity.
Accordingly, we reverse Williams' sentence for robbery and remand for resentencing. The trial court may again sentence Williams as a habitual offender if the findings required by section 775.084(3), Florida Statutes (1985), are made.
THREADGILL and FULMER, JJ., concur.