2D04-5540 / Chapman v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Southern District Court

Docket No: 2D04-5540

Case Date: 07/27/2007

Plaintiff: 2D04-5540 / Chapman

Defendant: State

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MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
GLENN E. CHAPMAN,                                                                             )
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Appellant,                                                                                    )
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STATE OF FLORIDA,                                                                             )
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Appellee.                                                                                     )
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Opinion filed July 27, 2007.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough
County; Chet A. Tharpe, Judge.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender,
and Paul C. Helm, Assistant Public Defender,
Bartow, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee,
and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney
General, Tampa, for Appellee.
SALCINES, Judge.
Glenn E. Chapman appeals his convictions and sentences for grand theft
of a motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing to elude, and battery on a law enforcement
officer.   Chapman first argues that the trial court erred by failing to conduct an inquiry
concerning the reasons he sought to discharge his attorney.   Finding no reversible error

on this point, we affirm without discussion.   Chapman next argues that his sentences
were illegal.   Chapman asserts that his offenses arose from the same transaction and
thus he could not be sentenced as a Prison Releasee Reoffender on one offense
followed by consecutive Criminal Punishment Code sentences on the remaining
offenses.   Because the sentencing structure challenged by Chapman did not result in an
illegal sentence, we affirm Chapman's sentences.   See Reeves v. State, 32 Fla. L.
Weekly S239 (Fla. May 17, 2007).
Affirmed.
ALTENBERND and CANADY, JJ., Concur.
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