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ACOSTA v. STATE

No. 98-1663.

738 So.2d 487 (1999)

Armando Edilberto ACOSTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lipinski, Hollywood, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Margaret A. Brenan, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

There is no merit in the defendant's claim of error in his conviction for second degree murder with a firearm, which is affirmed. The separate conviction for possession of a firearm in the commission of the second degree murder, however, is impermissibly duplicitous and is therefore vacated. See Sales v. State, 653 So.2d 456 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Galban v. State,

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