Case Name: Jerome COLQUITT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-10-29
Citations: 588 So. 2d 49
Docket Number: No. 90-1790
Parties: Jerome COLQUITT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 588
Pages: 49–50

Head Matter:
Jerome COLQUITT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1790.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 29, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Jane D. Fishman, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant was convicted of attempted second degree murder and sentenced in accordance with section 784.07(3), Florida Statutes (1989), which provides:
784.07 Assault or battery of law enforcement officers, firefighters, or intake officers; reclassification of offenses.—
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(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section, any person who is convicted of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duty or who is convicted of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer when the motivation for such attempt was related, all or in part, to the lawful duties of the officer, shall be guilty of a life felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.0825.
There is no merit in any of the multiple attacks upon the constitutionality of this provision. See Viera v. State, 532 So.2d 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), review denied, 542 So.2d 991 (Fla.1989); Baker v. State, 466 So.2d 1144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), aff'd, 483 So.2d 423 (Fla.1986).
Affirmed.