Steven Shaw v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: April 23, 2025
• Docket: 3D2025-0324
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed April 23, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-0324 Lower Tribunal No. F82-5028 ________________

Steven Shaw, 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, Laura Anne Stuzin, Judge.

Steven Shaw, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Magaly Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 782.04(2), Fla. Stat. (1982) (providing that second-

degree murder is a first-degree felony punishable by life); § 775.087(1)(a),

Fla. Stat. (1982) (providing for reclassification of a first-degree felony to a life

felony when, “during the commission of such felony, the defendant carries,

displays, uses, threatens to use, or attempts to use any weapon or firearm”);

see also § 921.001(4)(a) (1983) (providing that the 1983 sentencing

guidelines “shall be applied to all felonies, except capital felonies, committed

on or after October 1, 1983, and to all felonies, except capital felonies and

life felonies, committed prior to October 1, 1983, for which sentencing

occurs after such date when the defendant affirmatively selects to be

sentenced pursuant to the provisions of this act.”) (emphasis added); State

v. Smith, 470 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985) (holding: “Second degree

murder is a felony of the first degree, § 782.04(2), Fla. Stat. (1983), and when

committed with a firearm, is reclassified as a life felony. § 775.087(1)(a), Fla.

Stat. (1983) . . . . The State correctly asserts that the sentencing guidelines

do not apply to life felonies committed prior to October 1, 1983.”).