Case Name: Aaron BRINSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-08-06
Citations: 697 So. 2d 976
Docket Number: No. 96-2172
Parties: Aaron BRINSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 697
Pages: 976–976

Head Matter:
Aaron BRINSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-2172.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 6, 1997.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Mark Graham Hanson, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sylvie Perez Posner, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm defendant's conviction, but vacate his sentence and remand for resentenc-ing.
The trial judge sentenced defendant under the mistaken belief that when sentencing defendant as a habitual offender, he was required to impose a mandatory minimum term. The imposition of a mandatory minimum is permissive. Frye v. State, 690 So.2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). As in Frye, the trial court in this case is, of course, free to exercise its discretion on remand to impose a mandatory minimum.
Affirmed in part; vacated in part; remanded.