State v. Hanna

The state appeals from an order vacating the defendant's judgment and sentence on the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. We reverse.

The trial court erred in dismissing the counts for unlawful possession of a firearm as duplicative of the charges and convictions for attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and armed burglary. Under the statutory amendment to section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes (1990), which superceded Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), the dual convictions are proper because the legislature expressed its intent that all criminal offenses containing, as…