COLLAZO v. STATE

No. 4D05-2782.

936 So.2d 782 (2006)

Jose COLLAZO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Elisabeth Porter, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We affirm Collazo's conviction of third-degree murder with a firearm, but reverse the thirty year prison sentence imposed and remand for re-sentencing.

Collazo was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm; the information alleged that during the commission of the offense, he possessed a firearm, discharged it, and as a result of the discharge, the victim died. The jury was also instructed on the underlying felony of aggravated assault.

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