Copeland v. State

OWEN, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of both counts of a two-count information charging (1) unlawfully shooting a firearm within an occupied building, § 790.19 F.S., and (2) possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, § 790.23 F.S. On October 11, 1972 he was sentenced to serve IS years on the first count and a consecutive S-year term on the second count. Some 18 months later he filed a motion to vacate which, among other things, questioned the legality of the sentence on Count II. This appeal is from the denial of that motion.

Although appellant could have been guilty of Count II…