Case Name: Eddie LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-10
Citations: 780 So. 2d 125
Docket Number: Nos. 3D98-2160, 3D98-2039
Parties: Eddie LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 780
Pages: 125–125

Head Matter:
Eddie LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 3D98-2160, 3D98-2039.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 10, 2000.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Eddie Lewis appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence for first-degree felony murder, attempted robbery, and robbery. We affirm • the convictions but remand for resentencing of the first-degree murder only.
Section 782.04(1), Florida Statutes (1995), provides that first-degree murder is a capital felony, not a life felony, and is punishable by death or life in state prison without possibility of parole. The defendant's twenty-five-year sentence of imprisonment for first-degree murder is therefore illegal. We vacate the defendant's first-degree murder sentence and remand with instructions to resentence the defendant to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part.