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BECKFORD v. STATE

No. 97-01061.

748 So.2d 284 (1998)

Dante BECKFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Dillinger, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, and Dwight Wolfe, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jean-Jacques Darius, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Dante Beckford appeals his conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.1 We agree with his contention that the State failed to prove that he possessed a firearm at the time of this offense. Because the State presented no evidence that he used any other deadly weapon during this criminal episode, we reverse the conviction and the resulting three-year minimum mandatory sentence. On remand, the trial court shall enter...

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