WILLIAM BULLOCK
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The court affirmed the sentence, finding any error to be harmless even if the defendant's argument regarding a recent Supreme Court decision applied.
“We affirm without deciding Erlinger's impact . . . because, even assuming Erlinger applies, any error in this case is harmless.”
The court's explicit basis for affirming the judgment while avoiding the constitutional question.
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PER CURIAM.
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2024-1085 Lower Tribunal No. 21CF006460AOR
WILLIAM BULLOCK, Appellant,
V.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Wayne C. Wooten, Judge.
March 27, 2026
AFFIRMED. See Avalos v. State, 419 So. 3d 299, 300 (Fla. 6th DCA 2025) ("[Avalos] argues his sentence . . . is unconstitutional under the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821, 144 S. Ct. 1840, 219 L. Ed. 2d 451 (2024). We affirm without deciding Erlinger's impact . . . because, even assuming Erlinger applies, any error in this case is harmless.”). STARGEL, MIZE and KAMOUTSAS, JJ., concur. Blair Allen, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
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- Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (U.S. 2024)
- Kaiser v. State (Fla. 6th DCA 2026)