Case Name: Larry Douglas BOGARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-02-15
Citations: 451 So. 2d 484
Docket Number: No. 83-95
Parties: Larry Douglas BOGARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, C.J., and HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 451
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
Larry Douglas BOGARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 83-95.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 15, 1984.
Rehearings Denied July 11, 1984.
Ray Sandstrom of Sandstrom & Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sharon Lee Stedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Larry Douglas Bogard was convicted of three criminal offenses, as follows:
Count I — Aggravated Battery.
Count II — Possession of a firearm while engaged in a felony.
Count III — Aggravated Assault.
Having considered the proofs and applied the definition of "lesser included" offenses articulated in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932); in accord, Borges v. State, 415 So.2d 1265 (Fla.1983), as well as the more recent analysis in Bell v. State, 437 So.2d 1057 (Fla.1983), we hold that the constituent elements of Section 790.07(1), (2), Florida Statutes (1981), as charged in Count Two are sufficiently similar to those of Section 784.045(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1981), as charged in Count One, to here classify Count Two of the Information as a lesser included offense of that charged in Count One.
Accordingly, we affirm as to Counts One and Three, reverse as to Count Two, and remand with instructions to vacate both the conviction and sentence on Count Two.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part; and remanded.
ANSTEAD, C.J., and HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.