Adams v. State

As the state correctly and commendably concedes, the fifty-year sentence imposed on the defendant Anthony Adams following his conviction by a jury for the life felony of second-degree murder with a firearm [§§ 782.04(2), 775.087(1)(a), Fla.Stat. (1989) ] is unlawful because a life felony can only carry a “term of imprisonment for life or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 40 years.” § 775.082(3)(a), Fla.Stat. (1989). Accordingly, the subject sentence is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to resentence the defendant to a term of years not exceeding forty…