JAMES E. YATES, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2008-04-16
No. 4D07-1924
STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.
978 So. 2d 281 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2008) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Yates appeals his prison release reoffen-der (PRR) sentence after the jury found him guilty of robbery by sudden snatching. On authority of State v. Hearns, 961 So. 2d 211, 212 (Fla.2007), we reverse, concluding that a conviction for robbery by sudden snatching cannot subject Yates to a PRR sentence. See id. (holding that “in determining whether a crime constitutes a forcible felony [and thus subjects a defendant to a PRR sentence], courts must consider only the statutory elements of the offense”).

We remand for re-sentencing.

STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.


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