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110 So. 3d 968

King v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2013-04-03

Relies on 890 So. 2d 519 - Higgins v. State · 86 So. 3d 1179 - Termitus v. State · 108 So. 3d 696 - Edwards v. State

Decided 2013-04-03

PER CURIAM.

¶1Appellant appeals his convictions for attempted first-degree murder and attempted robbery with a firearm and his sentences of thirty years in prison with a twenty-five year minimum mandatory. In the first two issues, appellant argues he should have been allowed to cross-examine witnesses concerning potential sentences they would face for uncharged crimes and that a detective’s unobjected-to testimony constituted hearsay. We affirm these issues, as they are without merit. In the third issue, appellant contends that the trial court erred in reclassifying the attempted robbery with a firearm to a first-degree felony and sentencing him to thirty *969years in prison. Appellant does not challenge the imposition of the twenty-five year minimum mandatory sentence under section 775.087(2)(a)3., Florida Statutes (2009). We agree that the reclassification was in error. Because the use of a firearm is an essential element of attempted robbery with a firearm, the offense cannot be reclassified under section 775.087(1), Florida Statutes (2009). Higgins v. State, 890 So.2d 519, 519 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for re-sentencing in accordance with this opinion. See Edwards v. State, 108 So.3d 696 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013); Termitus v. State, 86 So.3d 1179, 1181 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012).

¶2Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

DAMOORGIAN, CIKLIN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.
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