Case Name: Isidro Santiago PENA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-06-04
Citations: 619 So. 2d 435
Docket Number: No. 93-01609
Parties: Isidro Santiago PENA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THREADGILL and BLUE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 619
Pages: 435–435

Head Matter:
Isidro Santiago PENA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-01609.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 4, 1993.

Opinion:
HALL, Judge.
Isidro Santiago Pena appeals the order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). He contends that the trial court improperly imposed consecutive three year mandatory minimum sentences for use of a firearm when sentencing him for second degree murder and aggravated battery. We agree.
The surviving victim testified at Pena's trial that just a second passed between Pena's hitting of her with the butt of his gun and Pena's shooting and killing of her husband. This testimony clearly establishes that Pena committed the murder and the aggravated battery during a single criminal episode. The three year mandatory minimum sentences for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony may not be imposed consecutively when the felonies were committed in the course of a single criminal episode. Palmer v. State, 438 So.2d 1 (Fla.1983).
Accordingly, we remand this case with directions to correct the sentences so that the minimum mandatory sentences are served concurrently.
Remanded.
THREADGILL and BLUE, JJ., concur.