Slater v. State

The appellant was convicted of second degree murder while in the possession of a firearm and for possession of a firearm, as well as another charge, which is immaterial to this opinion. He urges error in the exercise of peremptory challenges by the state, and in the possession conviction, as his second degree conviction was enhanced to a life felony because of the possession of a firearm.

We disagree as to the first. Adams v. State, 559 So.2d 1293 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); Foster v. State, 557 So.2d 634, 635 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). We agree as to the second. Beaubrum v. State, 595 So.2d 254 (Fla. 3d DCA…