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GOWINS v. STATE

No. 2D99-719.

779 So.2d 458 (2000)

Deon GOWINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Deon Gowins appeals his convictions and sentences for a first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm that occurred on January 9, 1998. We affirm his convictions and his first-degree murder sentence without discussion, but reverse his sentence for robbery with a firearm.

Immediately after the return of the jury, the trial court sentenced Gowins to life imprisonment for first-degree murder. This was a mandatory sentence and there was no...

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