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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Aurelio AMBROA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 87-2397.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Aug. 8, 1989.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Rosa C. Figarola, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
    Before BARKDULL, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Where a defendant’s conviction for second degree murder is enhanced due to the use of a firearm, the defendant cannot also be convicted for possession of that firearm in the commission of a felony where both charges arise from a single act. Smith v. State, 539 So.2d 601 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Henderson v. State, 526 So.2d 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

■ The conviction for possession of a firearm in the course of committing a felony is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.