05-2332 BRYANT V. STATE

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 05-2332 BRYANT V. STATE

Case Date: 12/27/2006

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2006

WILLARD BRYANT, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

** ** ** ** ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 79-9011 CASE NO. 3D05-2332

Opinion filed December 27, 2006. An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b) (2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, David H. Young, Judge. Willard Bryant, in proper person. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Michael E. Hantman, Assistant Attorney General for appellee. Before COPE, C.J., and GERSTEN and SUAREZ, JJ. On Motion for Rehearing COPE, C.J. By motion for rehearing defendant-appellant Bryant argues that he is entitled to a determination whether his 1979 second

degree murder conviction is a first degree felony punishable by life imprisonment, or whether it was reclassified on account of the use of a firearm, and is therefore a life felony. The

defendant argues that the level of felony makes a difference in his parole eligibility. several years prior As the defendant's crime date occurred to the adoption of the sentencing The

guidelines, the defendant has a parole-eligible sentence.

defendant has attached to his motion correspondence with the Florida Parole Commission, which appears to support his claim that the level of felony may make a difference to consideration by the Florida Parole Commission. We therefore reverse the order now before us in part and remand for the trial court to review the record and make a determination conviction is whether a life the defendant's (by second of degree murder

felony

reason

reclassification

pursuant to

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