Samuels v. State, 681 So. 2d 915

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm appellant‘s convictions and sentences with the exception of the three-year mandatory minimum sentence.

The state concedes and we agree that the trial court erred when it sentenced appellant to a three-year mandatory minimum sentence for shooting into an occupied dwelling. Section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1991) does not apply to a conviction for shooting into an occupied dwelling. See Brewer v. State, 343 So.2d 628 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). We remand this cause to the trial court with instructions to vacate the three-year mandatory minimum sentence for appellant‘s shooting into an occupied dwelling.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART and REMANDED.

DELL, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Samuels v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Oct 23, 1996

Citations: 681 So. 2d 915; 1996 WL 604509; 95-3587

Docket Number: 95-3587

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.