State v. Hanna

District Court of Appeal of Florida

State v. Hanna

576 So. 2d 410, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 2316, 1991 WL 35298

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedMarch 19, 1991

DocketNo. 90-316

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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State v. Hanna, 576 So. 2d 410, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 2316, 1991 WL 35298 (Fla. Ct. App. 1991).

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PER CURIAM.

The state appeals from an order vacating the defendant's judgment and sentence on the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. We reverse.

The trial court erred in dismissing the counts for unlawful possession of a firearm as duplicative of the charges and convictions for attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and armed burglary. Under the statutory amendment to section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes (1990), which superceded Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), the dual convictions are proper because the legislature expressed its intent that all criminal offenses containing, as here, a unique statutory element shall be separately punished. Gidden v. State, 573 So.2d 153 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Brunson v. State, 568 So.2d 1344 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). The offenses in this case occurred after the effective date of the statutory amendment.

Since our decision is based on a post-Ca-rawan analysis of section 775.021(4), we do not reach defendant’s claim that he could not be convicted of the firearm charge since his other offenses were enhanced or aggravated by the fact he possessed a firearm.

[411]*411Reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the firearm count of the information and the original sentence imposed.

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PER CURIAM.

The state appeals from an order vacating the defendant's judgment and sentence on the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. We reverse.

The trial court erred in dismissing the counts for unlawful possession of a firearm as duplicative of the charges and convictions for attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and armed burglary. Under the statutory amendment to section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes (1990), which superceded Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), the dual convictions are proper because the legislature expressed its intent that all criminal offenses containing, as here, a unique statutory element shall be separately punished. Gidden v. State, 573 So.2d 153 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Brunson v. State, 568 So.2d 1344 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). The offenses in this case occurred after the effective date of the statutory amendment.

Since our decision is based on a post-Ca-rawan analysis of section 775.021(4), we do not reach defendant’s claim that he could not be convicted of the firearm charge since his other offenses were enhanced or aggravated by the fact he possessed a firearm.

[411]*411Reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the firearm count of the information and the original sentence imposed.

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