Case Name: Timmie L. PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-02-28
Citations: 538 So. 2d 978
Docket Number: No. 88-651
Parties: Timmie L. PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SHIVERS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 538
Pages: 978–978

Head Matter:
Timmie L. PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-651.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 28, 1989.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and A.E. Pooser, IV, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
ZEHMER, Judge.
We affirm the legality of the sentence and the trial court's determination to sentence defendant, Timmie L. Parker, as an habitual offender. The sentencing court's findings of fact in support of that determination need not be stated in writing so long as such findings are stated at a reported hearing. Adams v. State, 376 So.2d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). We decline to follow the second district's decision requiring such findings to be in writing, Hoefert v. State, 509 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), and certify direct conflict to the supreme court.
AFFIRMED.
SHIVERS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.