ANTONIO HODGSON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed July 26, 2023.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-526

Lower Tribunal No. F14-3553A

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Antonio Hodgson,

Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida,

Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Mavel Ruiz, Judge.

Antonio Hodgson, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 775.21(4)(a)1.a., Fla. Stat. (2014) (providing that a defendant “shall be designated as a ‘sexual predator’” upon conviction of a “capital, life, or first degree felony violation, or any attempt thereof, of s. 787.01 or s. 787.02, where the victim is a minor, or s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. 847.0145 . . . .”) See also State v. McKenzie, 331 So. 3d 666, 673 (Fla. 2021) (“The imposition of sexual predator status under section 775.21 is related to the underlying criminal offense—but is not itself a sentence or punishment”); § 775.21(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“The designation of a person as a sexual predator is neither a sentence nor a punishment but simply a status resulting from the conviction of certain crimes”).