Flowers v. State

Michael Flowers appeals his life sentence for aggravated battery with a firearm. * He argues the sentence, which in- eludes a minimum mandatory term of life in prison, is illegal because section 775.087(2)(a)3, Florida Statutes, limits the minimum mandatory period to twenty-five years. We affirm the sentence under the authority of Mendenhall v. State, 48 So.3d 740 (Fla.2010).

A jury found Flowers guilty of two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. On Count I, the jury found he discharged the firearm while committing the crime, causing great bodily harm to victim James Johnson. On Count…