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Samuels v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 23, 1996
681 So. 2d 915 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-3587.

October 23, 1996.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Broward County, Paul L. Backman, J.

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.


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.


Summaries of

Samuels v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 23, 1996
681 So. 2d 915 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Samuels v. State

Case Details

Full title:PETER SAMUELS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 23, 1996

Citations

681 So. 2d 915 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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