Legal Opinion

Acosta v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 4, 1999No. 98-1663PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

There is no merit in the defendant’s claim of error in his conviction for second *488degree murder with a firearm, which is affirmed. The separate conviction for possession of a firearm in the commission of the second degree murder, however, is impermissibly duplicitous and is therefore vacated. See Sales v. State, 653 So.2d 456 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Galban v. State, 605 So.2d 579 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992).

Affirmed in part, vacated in part.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Galban v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Sales v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gantorius v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. RYAN DENARD LEE v. THE STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2021