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STATE v. FERGUSON

No. 96-01954.

691 So.2d 578 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Billy Jo FERGUSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia A. McCarthy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Kathleen Calcutt, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.

BLUE, Judge.

The State appeals the sentence imposed on Billy Jo Ferguson following his guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a violent career criminal in violation of section 790.235, Florida Statutes (1995). We agree with the State's contention that the trial court erred by not imposing the fifteen-year minimum mandatory sentence required by that statute. Accordingly, we reverse.

It is undisputed that Ferguson qualified for sentencing as a violent career...

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