HOUGH v. STATE

No. 83-690.

448 So.2d 628 (1984)

Tondrick HOUGH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


ORFINGER, Chief Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the statutory three-year minimum penalty provided for in section 775.087(2)(b) Florida Statutes (1981), may be imposed on a defendant found guilty of an armed robbery participated in with others, in the absence of a finding by the jury that the defendant had the firearm in his actual possession.

There was sufficient evidence presented at trial to find appellant guilty of the crime charged because, despite...

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