Case Name: Livingston JOSEPH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-07-25
Citations: 547 So. 2d 249
Docket Number: No. 88-1080
Parties: Livingston JOSEPH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 249–250

Head Matter:
Livingston JOSEPH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-1080.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 25, 1989.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Burke, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
CORRECTED OPINION
PER CURIAM.
The defendant-appellant was convicted of first degree murder; attempted first degree murder, which was scored and treated as a life felony under section 775.087(1), Florida Statutes (1987) because a firearm was involved; and possession of a firearm in the commission of the attempted murder. We find no merit in his pro se challenge to the murder conviction and sentence and turn to the claims of error in the possession conviction and the upward departure sentence of life imprisonment (concurrent with the capital life sentence for the first degree murder) imposed on the attempted murder charge.
We first hold, as we have repeatedly in the past, that the conviction on the firearm charge, which is duplicitous of the attempted first degree murder conviction as enhanced by the use of a firearm, cannot independently stand. See Mozqueda v. State, 541 So.2d 777 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). Accordingly, the possession of a firearm conviction is vacated.
Even though the ground orally announced for departure, the conviction of a capital felony, is entirely appropriate, see Hansbrough v. State, 509 So.2d 1081, 1088 (Fla.1987), we also conclude that, because no written departure order was entered below, the attempted murder sentence must be remanded for that to be done. See State v. Albelo, 541 So.2d 778 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Padgett v. State, 534 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).
Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded.