Paul v. State
Annotate this CasePetitioner was convicted under Fla. Stat. 790.19 for shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. The trial court determined Petitioner qualified as a prison releasee reoffender (PRR) under the forcible felony catch-all provision of the PRR statute and thus sentenced him to a prison term of fifteen years for the conviction. Petitioner filed a motion for postconviction relief disputing the validity of his sentence, claiming that his conviction was not a qualifying felony under the forcible felony catch-all provision of the PRR statute. The trial court denied the motion, and the fourth district court of appeal affirmed. The court, however, certified conflict with the first district's decision in Crapps v. State. The Supreme Court (1) approved the fourth district's decision, finding that the offense of shooting into an occupied vehicle necessarily involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against an individual, and therefore, qualifies as a forcible felony under the catch-all provision of the PRR statute; and (2) disapproved the opinion in the conflicting case of Crapps.
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