Redd v. State

Appellant, Gordon Redd, appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder with a firearm, robbery with a firearm, burglary of an occupied structure with a firearm, false imprisonment with a firearm, and aggravated assault with a firearm. We affirm Appellant’s conviction and sentence, but vacate that portion of the sentence imposing a three-year minimum mandatory sentence for possession of a firearm.

Section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1993), provides that any person convicted of murder, robbery, burglary, or aggravated battery, who had in his or her possession a firearm,…