Legal Opinion

Rivera v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 9, 1998No. 97-1548PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KLEIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals convictions for attempted second degree murder and aggravated battery. The trial court enhanced the conviction of attempted second degree murder from a second degree felony to a first degree felony because of the use of a deadly weapon. The state concedes error because there was no express finding by the jury that the defendant had used a deadly weapon. Therefore, we must, as we did in King v. State, 705 So.2d 668 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), reverse for resentencing.

Appellant argues that we should direct the trial court to sentence for the attempted second degree…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. King v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Torres v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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