Case Name: Noel RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-09-09
Citations: 718 So. 2d 285
Docket Number: No. 97-1548
Parties: Noel RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DELL and WARNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 718
Pages: 285–285

Head Matter:
Noel RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-1548.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 9, 1998.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Denise S. Calegan, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
KLEIN, Judge.
Defendant appeals convictions for attempted second degree murder and aggravated battery. The trial court enhanced the conviction of attempted second degree murder from a second degree felony to a first degree felony because of the use of a deadly weapon. The state concedes error because there was no express finding by the jury that the defendant had used a deadly weapon. Therefore, we must, as we did in King v. State, 705 So.2d 668 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), reverse for resentencing.
Appellant argues that we should direct the trial court to sentence for the attempted second degree murder conviction as a level eight offense because of dicta in Roberts v. State, 694 So.2d 825 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). We disagree with that dicta. Second degree murder is a level ten offense. § 782.04(2), 921.0012, Fla. Stat. (1995). For purposes of sentencing, an attempt is ranked one level below the offense attempted. § 777.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1995).
Reversed.
DELL and WARNER, JJ., concur.