EVANS v. STATE

No. 4D99-1470.

816 So.2d 742 (2002)

Shon EVANS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick L. Coughlin of Coughlin & Donelian, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Meredith L. Balo, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

Shon Evans was tried by jury and convicted of robbery and car jacking. Due to double jeopardy concerns, Evans was then sentenced on the carjacking conviction alone to thirty years imprisonment as an habitual violent felony offender. On appeal, Evans contends that his sentence is improper because the trial judge impermissibly considered evidence that he had brandished a firearm during the incident even though the jury acquitted him of the armed...

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