Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2012

Mendez v. State

Mendez v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 19, 2012 · Emas, Schwartz, Shepherd
103 So. 3d 257; 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21676; 2012 WL 6603087 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Mendez v. State

Opinion of the Court

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

SHEPHERD, J.

Enrique Lopez-Mendez appeals from the trial court’s denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 motion. *258Based upon Appellee’s proper and commendable confession of error and our independent review of the record, we reverse with directions to the trial court to vacate that portion of Mendez’s sentence on Count I which mandates he serve a twenty-five year minimum mandatory under the 10/20 Life statute, see § 775.087(2)(a)3, Fla. Stat. (1999), and remand for imposition of a twenty-year minimum mandatory. See § 775.087(2)(a)2, Fla. Stat. (1999).

In all other respects, we affirm.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and case remanded with directions.

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