Legal Opinion

Chatman v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 18, 1987No. Nos. 86-1809, 86-1810PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from separate jury trials. The question on appeal is whether the appellant may receive stacked three-year mandatory minimum sentences for the three separate, unrelated robberies. The robberies occurred at different places on different times and were thus separate and essentially unrelated. We agree with the cases which hold that the mandatory minimum may be imposed consecutively. Wetherby v. State, 469 So.2d 862 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); Prentice v. State, 469 So.2d 798 (Fla.2d DCA 1985); Lightfoot v. State, 459 So.2d 1157 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). We find no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lightfoot v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  2. Prentice v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  3. Wetherby v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Campbell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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