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Joseph Patrick Chambers v. State of Florida
15-4006
| Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Jun 1, 2017
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*1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA JOSEPH PATRICK

CHAMBERS, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D15-4006 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed June 1, 2017.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.

Mark Hulsey, Judge.

Joe Hamrick, Rick Sichta, and Susanne Sichta, of the Sichta Firm, LLC., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Thomas Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Joseph Patrick Chambers challenges his convictions and sentences for four counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of shooting or throwing deadly missiles. As the State properly concedes, we must reverse the sentences for attempted second-degree murder because the trial court believed, based on our *2 prior precedent, that it was required to impose the mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years for each of the attempted second-degree murder convictions consecutively pursuant to section 775.087(2)(d), Florida Statutes (the 10-20-Life statute). The supreme court has since held in Williams v. State, 186 So. 3d 989 (Fla. 2016), that consecutive mandatory minimum terms under the 10–20–Life statute are permissible, but not mandatory. Accordingly, we remand for reconsideration of the sentences in light of Williams. In all other respects, we affirm.

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

ROWE, RAY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.

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Case Details

Case Name: Joseph Patrick Chambers v. State of Florida
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Jun 1, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4006
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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