DWIGHT v. STATE

No. 95-2099.

677 So.2d 1363 (1996)

Derrick DWIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


LAWRENCE, Judge.

We have for review the first-degree murder conviction and sentence of Derrick Dwight (Dwight), imposed after a bench trial. Dwight argues that the evidence of his sanity was competent but not substantial, and that his departure sentence for the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony must be reversed for failure to give reasons.1 We affirm Dwight's convictions and his life sentence for murder, including a twenty...

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