Dobson v. State

699 So. 2d 629, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 561, 1997 Fla. LEXIS 1363, 1997 WL 561505
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedSeptember 11, 1997
DocketNo. 87356
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Dobson v. State, 699 So. 2d 629, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 561, 1997 Fla. LEXIS 1363, 1997 WL 561505 (Fla. 1997).

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We have for review Dobson v. State, 665 So.2d 386 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We have exercised our discretion to review this decision because it summarily affirmed petitioner’s habitual offender sentence with a citation to Young v. State, 663 So.2d 1376 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). Because we quashed Young to the extent that it held that a trial judge had the authority under section 775.08401 to sua sponte initiate habitual offender proceedings against an eligible defendant, we must also quash the Fifth District’s per curiam affirmance in Dobson where the district court relied solely on its earlier opinion in Young. See Young v. State, 699 So.2d 624 (Fla.1997).

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur. GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., dissent.

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