Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

Collado v. State

Collado v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 27, 1998 · Altenbernd, Northcutt, Whatley
706 So. 2d 940; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1867; 1998 WL 80419 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Collado v. State

Opinion of the Court

WHATLEY, Judge.

Collado appeals his convictions for armed burglary of a conveyance, armed grand theft, and grand theft. We affirm his convictions •without discussion. However, we reverse the three-year minimum mandatory portion of his sentence.

Collado was given a three-year minimum mandatory sentence for his armed burglary conviction. In Poiteer v. State, 627 So.2d 526 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), this court held that section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1993), requires actual physical possession before a minimum mandatory term may be imposed for possession of a firearm. Here, there is no evidence in the record that Collado possessed a firearm. Therefore, the imposition of the three-year minimum mandatory sentence was improper.

Accordingly, we affirm Collado’s convictions and reverse the three-year minimum mandatory sentence for his armed burglary conviction. His sentences are otherwise affirmed.

. ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., concur.

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