Case Name: David COLLADO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-02-27
Citations: 706 So. 2d 940
Docket Number: No. 96-02514
Parties: David COLLADO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: . ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 706
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
David COLLADO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-02514.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 27, 1998.
Miriam L. Sumpter of Law Office of Miriam L. Sumpter, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
WHATLEY, Judge.
Collado appeals his convictions for armed burglary of a conveyance, armed grand theft, and grand theft. We affirm his convictions •without discussion. However, we reverse the three-year minimum mandatory portion of his sentence.
Collado was given a three-year minimum mandatory sentence for his armed burglary conviction. In Poiteer v. State, 627 So.2d 526 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), this court held that section 775.087(2), Florida Statutes (1993), requires actual physical possession before a minimum mandatory term may be imposed for possession of a firearm. Here, there is no evidence in the record that Collado possessed a firearm. Therefore, the imposition of the three-year minimum mandatory sentence was improper.
Accordingly, we affirm Collado's convictions and reverse the three-year minimum mandatory sentence for his armed burglary conviction. His sentences are otherwise affirmed.
. ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., concur.