Case Name: Rolando G. BECERRIL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-10-23
Citations: 569 So. 2d 515
Docket Number: No. 90-76
Parties: Rolando G. BECERRIL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 569
Pages: 515–515

Head Matter:
Rolando G. BECERRIL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-76.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 23, 1990.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 29, 1990.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before BARKDULL, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In addition to being convicted of first degree murder with a firearm, the appellant was also convicted of unlawful possession of the same firearm. As announced in the following authorities, Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987); Jones v. State, 547 So.2d 1278 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Gonzalez v. State, 543 So.2d 386 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), the possession conviction cannot stand.
Therefore, the conviction, judgment, and sentence for possession of a firearm while committing a criminal offense, be and the same are hereby reversed and set aside with directions to the trial court to eliminate said conviction and sentence from the sentencing papers.