Roberts v. State

NESBITT, Judge.

A jury found Dwayne Roberts guilty of attempted second-degree murder of a law enforcement officer and the unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. The trial court, on November 19, 1990, sentenced Roberts to life with a 25-year minimum mandatory on the attempted murder count and a concurrent 15 years on the possession of a firearm count. Roberts filed a motion to correct illegal sentence on March 1, 1996, citing to State v. Iacovone, 660 So.2d 1371 (Fla.1995). He argued that because sections 784.07(3) and 775.0825, Florida Statutes (1989) applied…