DOMNIQUE LASHAY WILKERSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2025-07-25
No. 2024-0939
Kite, J., Lambert, J., Harris, J., Kilbane, J.
2025 FL 6419 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2025)

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Holding

Any error in rendering an HVFO sentence is harmless when the record demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have found the defendant qualified as an HVFO.


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[1] Any error in rendering a Habitual Violent Felony Offender sentence is harmless when the record demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have foun…

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Domnique Lashay Wilkerson was convicted and sentenced as a Habitual Violent Felony Offender in Duval County Circuit Court. Wilkerson appealed the conv…

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Opinion of the Court
Kilbane

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-0939 LT Case No. 2023-CF-008512-A _____________________________ DOMNIQUE LASHAY WILKERSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. London M. Kite, Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and John M. Selden, Assistant Public Defender Chief, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Adam B. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. July 25, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Capra v. State, 403 So. 3d 1063, 1064 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025) (holding even if HVFO sentence was rendered in error, error is harmless); Jackson v. State, 410 So. 3d 4, 11 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025) (explaining harmless error inquiry is “whether the record demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have found” defendant qualified as an HFO); see also Luton

2 v. State, 934 So. 2d 7, 9 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (holding that because defendant made no timely objection to the trial court sitting as trier of fact on whether defendant qualified as an HVFO, the claim was not properly preserved for appellate review). LAMBERT, HARRIS, and KILBANE, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________


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