Case Name: David HINRICHSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-10
Citations: 711 So. 2d 1337
Docket Number: No. 97-03393
Parties: David HINRICHSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PATTERSON and GREEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 1337–1338

Head Matter:
David HINRICHSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-03393.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 10, 1998.
Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, Clear-water, and Michael A. Tewell, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.
The appellant challenges a habitual felony offender sentence imposed after his conviction for felony driving while license suspended or revoked. He contends that the habitual felony offender classification is invalid because the trial court initiated the habitual-ization process by preparing and filing the notice of enhanced penalty required by section 775.084(3)(a)2., Florida Statutes (1995). The State concedes that the habitual felony offender sentence must be reversed pursuant to Young v. State, 699 So.2d 624 (Fla.1997), wherein the supreme court held that the decision to prosecute a defendant as a habitual offender is a prosecutorial function to be initiated at the prosecutor's discretion and not by the trial court. We therefore reverse the appellant's sentence and remand for resentencing.
Reversed and remanded.
PATTERSON and GREEN, JJ., concur.