SIMPKINS v. STATE

No. 96-1772.

691 So.2d 25 (1997)

Shamiel SIMPKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Terry Carley, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Laura M. Fullerton, Certified Legal Intern; Carolyn J. Mosley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

A jury convicted Shamiel Simpkins (Simpkins) of robbery with a firearm. Simpkins committed this crime between October 21 and 22, 1995, in Duval County. Simpkins then was eighteen.1 The trial judge, believing that the use of a firearm limited his youthful-offender sentencing options, sentenced Simpkins to prison for five and one-half years, followed by community control for one year. Simpkins appeals.

We affirm, without...

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