Young v. State

Eric M. Young was charged by information in Orange County with four offenses: burglary of a dwelling, robbery with a firearm, carjacking with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A jury found Young guilty of the lesser included offenses of (1) burglary of a dwelling with an assault or battery with a dangerous weapon; (2) robbery with a weapon; and (3) carjacking with a dangerous weapon.1 Young was sentenced to twenty years in prison for each conviction, to all run concurrently with the sentence that he was already serving for other unrelated crimes.

Young appealed his…