NAIRN v. STATE

No. 3D01-1596.

837 So.2d 519 (2003)

Melvin NAIRN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Michael J. Neimand and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.


FLETCHER, Judge.

Melvin Nairn was convicted of robbery and sentenced to thirty years in state prison with a mandatory minimum of fifteen years. We affirm the conviction but we reverse the sentence and remand with directions to impose a sentence of 18 years.

At the sentencing hearing following Nairn's trial and conviction, the trial judge offered Nairn an eighteen year prison term in "exchange" for Nairn's giving up his right to appeal. Nairn rejected the trial...

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