Case Name: Anthony Felippe PITTMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-03-07
Citations: 633 So. 2d 1125
Docket Number: No. 93-946
Parties: Anthony Felippe PITTMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER, C.J., and JOANOS and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 633
Pages: 1125–1126

Head Matter:
Anthony Felippe PITTMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-946.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 7, 1994.
Rehearing Denied April 18, 1994.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Lynn A. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charlie McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was sentenced as a habitual felony offender pursuant to section 775.084, Florida Statutes (1991). He appeals the denial of his challenge to the constitutionality of that statute on grounds that it is being dis- criminatorily applied to persons of the black race in the First Circuit. In support of the motion, he relies on statistical studies attached to his motion. One such study concluded that "black offenders are habitualized 1.76 times more frequently than similarly situated non-black offenders." We affirm the trial court's ruling because Appellant "has offered nothing to suggest that the state attorney's office acted with purposeful discrimination" in seeking habitualization in his particular case. Foster v. State, 614 So.2d 455, 463 (Fla.1992).
AFFIRMED.
ZEHMER, C.J., and JOANOS and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.