WALTERS, Chief Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether a defendant may be sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence enhanced by a consecutive fixed period for the use of a firearm. We hold such a sentence is contrary to law and we remand for resentencing.
John Douglas Merrifield was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a hotel manager. The trial judge initially sentenced Merrifield to a fixed twenty...
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