Joseph v. State

CORRECTED OPINION

The defendant-appellant was convicted of first degree murder; attempted first degree murder, which was scored and treated as a life felony under section 775.087(1), Florida Statutes (1987) because a firearm was involved; and possession of a firearm in the commission of the attempted murder. We find no merit in his pro se challenge to the murder conviction and sentence and turn to the claims of error in the possession conviction and the upward departure sentence of life imprisonment (concurrent with the capital life sentence for the first degree murder) imposed on the…