Mason v. State

LUCAS, Judge.

A jury found Mark Mason guilty of six counts of attempted second-degree murder for firing several rounds from an AK-47 rifle into the McKenzie’s Sports Tavern in Tampa. At sentencing, the State and Mr. Mason agreed that each count carried a twenty-year minimum term of imprisonment under section 775.087(2)(a)(2), Florida Statutes (2012), but the parties disagreed as to whether the circuit court had the discretion to sentence Mr. Mason to concurrent prison terms for each of the counts under section 775.087(2)(d). Subsection (2)(d) reads, in relevant part: “The court shall impose…