Jones v. State

Bernard Curtis Jones appeals his convictions and sentences for two counts of armed *350robbery arising out of a January 1994 robbery of a Jacksonville convenience store. Jones argues that the trial court erred in denying a continuance of the trial and in imposing a three-year minimum mandatory sentence under section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes, for the use of a firearm during the commission of the robbery to be served consecutive to a 15-year minimum mandatory habitual violent felony offender sentence arising from the same episode.

We find that the trial court’s denial of the motion for…