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722 So. 2d 889

Nelson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 2, 1998

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1998-12-02

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1999

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Relies on In re Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 (Collateral Relief after Death Sentence has been Imposed) & Rule 3.850 (Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence) · 446 So. 2d 194 - Whitehead v. State · Porter v. State

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Decided 1998-12-02

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PER CURIAM.

¶1We affirm the denial of appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the charge of carrying a concealed firearm. See L.G. v. State, 693 So.2d 1020, 1021 (Fla. 3rd DCA), rev. denied, 700 So.2d 686 (Fla.1997); see also State v. Dorelus, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D1831, D1831, 720 So.2d 543 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

¶2We reverse the order imposing a mandatory minimum sentence since appellant’s crime of carrying a concealed firearm did not statutorily provide for such a sentence. See *890§ 775.087, Fla. Stat. (1997); Anderson v. State, 690 So.2d 749, 750 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). Due to the potential of requiring appellant to be incarcerated for a greater amount of time than that permitted by law, the improper imposition of a mandatory minimum term constitutes fundamental error. See Powell v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D2310, D2310, 719 So.2d 963, 964 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); see also Porter v. State, 702 So.2d 257, 258 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Whitehead v. State, 446 So.2d 194, 197 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

¶3Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded for correction of sentence.

GUNTHER and WARNER, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.
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