Case Name: Dale Walker JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-12-14
Citations: 650 So. 2d 629
Docket Number: No. 93-03237
Parties: Dale Walker JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: FRANK, C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 650
Pages: 629–630

Head Matter:
Dale Walker JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-03237.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 14, 1994.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 15, 1995.
John D. Mills, Fort Myers, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Patricia E. Davenport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
BLUE, Judge.
Dale Johnson appeals his convictions and sentences for first-degree burglary while armed, grand theft and grand theft of a firearm. He contends and we agree that the trial court erroneously imposed a minimum mandatory sentence for possession of a firearm. Because the jury did not make the necessary finding that Johnson possessed a firearm, the trial court erred in imposing a three-year minimum mandatory sentence. See State v. Overfelt, 457 So.2d 1385 (Fla.1984) (jury, not court, must find that defendant possessed firearm to impose minimum mandatory sentence under section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1983)).
Accordingly, we reverse Johnson's minimum mandatory sentence. In all other respects, we affirm.
FRANK, C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur.