Brown v. State

VILLANTI, Judge.

We affirm the summary denial of Steven G. Brown’s motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) but write to explain an additional basis to affirm the denial of claim one of his motion.

A jury convicted Brown of first-degree murder pursuant to section 782.04(1), Florida Statutes (1987). For that offense, he was sentenced to prison for “a term of Natural Life (25 Year Minimum Mandatory)” in accordance with section 775.082(1), Florida Statutes (1987), which provides: “A person who has been convicted of a capital felony shall be punished by life imprisonment…