Case Name: Robert SHULER, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-10
Citations: 712 So. 2d 442
Docket Number: No. 97-20
Parties: Robert SHULER, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before LEVY, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 712
Pages: 442–443

Head Matter:
Robert SHULER, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-20.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 10, 1998.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Craig J. Trocino, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before LEVY, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Shuler, Jr., appeals a conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. We affirm the conviction and vacate the sentence in part.
We affirm Shuler's conviction, finding no reversible error as to the trial court's eviden-tiary ruling. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986). However, we vacate the thirty year minimum mandatory sentence imposed in this case. Section 775.084(4)(b)l., Florida Statutes (1995), only permits a fifteen year minimum mandatory sentence for a first degree felony. Therefore, Shuler's minimum mandatory sentence is hereby vacated, and, on remand, the court shall correct the sentence to reflect only a fifteen year minimum mandatory provision. Defendant need not be physically present for the court to make this correction.
Conviction affirmed; minimum mandatory sentence vacated; remanded for resentenc-ing.