Legal Opinion
State v. Richards
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 6, 1994No. 93-03547PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THREADGILL, Judge.
The appellee was charged with second-degree murder and entered a negotiated plea to the reduced charge of manslaughter, which was enhanced from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony pursuant to section 775.087(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1989).1 He subsequently filed a motion to correct illegal sentence, arguing that because the information charged he killed the victim by stabbing her, the use of a weapon was an essential element of the crime so as to preclude enhancement under section 776.087(1). The trial court treated the motion as a motion to reclassify the…
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