Monday, November 5, 2001
Gayson J. Mills v. State of Florida

No. 01-68

Place of Origin
Leon County

Facts
The trial court sentenced Mills to six years in prison as a habitual felony offender for battery on a law enforcement officer. The First District Court of Appeal affirmed Mill's sentence. Dissenting judges argued that a prior opinion of the Florida Supreme Court precluded the length of this sentence as a double enhancement forbidden by the double jeopardy clause of the Constitution.