CUNNINGHAM v. STATE

No. 85-450.

481 So.2d 72 (1985)

Edward Andrew CUNNINGHAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the denial of appellant's 3.850 motion to vacate his sentence. We hold that appellant gave substantial assistance to the State and his sentence should be mitigated from a fifteen year mandatory minimum to a five year mandatory minimum.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

LETTS, J., and BOARDMAN, EDWARD F., Associate Judge (Retired), concur.

ANSTEAD, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.

ANSTEAD, Judge, concurring...

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