ARCHIE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2026-04-15
No. 2024-2486
Simon, J., Rowe, J., Winokur, J., Nordby, J.
2026 FL 4238 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2026)

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Holding

Any error in the sentencing was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and therefore the sentence is affirmed.


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Ernest Lee Archie Jr. was sentenced by the trial court in Escambia County. The appeal concerns the validity of the sentence imposed.…

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Opinion of the Court

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

ERNEST LEE ARCHIE JR., Appellant,

V.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 1D2024-2486

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. John F. Simon, Jr., Judge.

April 15, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See McGlaun v. State, 420 So. 3d 634, 636 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025) (“Since any error here is harmless, Appellant's HFO sentence is affirmed."); see also Hicks v. State, 422 So. 3d 607, 608 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025) (affirming sentence imposed under prison releasee reoffender statute when harmless beyond a reasonable doubt).

ROWE, WINOKUR, and NORDBY, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Ross S. Haine, II, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Virginia C. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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