SHEFFIELD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-11-26
No. 2024-1587
Baker-Carper, J., Lewis, J., Kelsey, J., Treadwell, J.
2025 FL 11150 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Holding

Any error in the trial court rather than jury finding that the appellant met statutory qualifications for a prison releasee reoffender sentence was harmless.


Headnotes

[1] Any error in the trial court rather than jury determining that a defendant meets statutory qualifications for a prison releasee reoffender sentence is harmless error.

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Kaleb Sheffield appealed his conviction and prison releasee reoffender sentence from Leon County Circuit Court. The trial court, rather than a jury, d…

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________

No. 1D2024-1587 _____________________________

KALEB SHEFFIELD,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Tiffany M. Baker-Carper, Judge.

November 26, 2025

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Kaleb Sheffield, raises two issues on appeal. We affirm as to the first issue without further discussion. As to the second issue in which Appellant challenges his prison releasee reoffender (“PRR”) sentence because the trial court, not the jury, found that he met the statutory qualifications, we affirm because any error was harmless. See Hicks v. State, 50 Fla. L. Weekly D2238a (Fla. 1st DCA Oct. 15, 2025) (affirming the appellant’s PRR sentence without deciding the impact, if any, of Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), because any error was harmless); Alonso v. State, 415 So. 3d 826, 827 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025) (same); Ashford v. State, 407 So. 3d 537, 537 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025) (same).

AFFIRMED.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Ryan Edward McFarland of Kent & McFarland, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Christina Piotrowski, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Footnotes
2 LEWIS, KELSEY, and TREADWELL, JJ., concur.

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