Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1989

Williams v. State

Williams v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 14, 1989 · Ferguson, Levy, Nesbitt
539 So. 2d 35; 14 Fla. L. Weekly 682; 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1284; 1989 WL 21401 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Williams v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The State concedes, correctly, that a conviction for possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony is unconstitutional where a defendant is also convicted of armed kidnapping. Carawan v. State, 515 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 1987); see Heath v. State, 532 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). For that reason the firearms conviction is reversed. Viera v. State, 532 So.2d 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

A review of the record discloses no grounds for overturning the conviction or sentences for first-degree murder, armed kidnapping, battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence, and leaving the scene of an accident.

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED FOR CORRECTION OF THE JUDGMENT.

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