Case Name: Ben E. SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-01-23
Citations: 273 So. 3d 93
Docket Number: No. 3D18-1327
Parties: Ben E. SMITH, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before LINDSEY and HENDON, JJ., and LUCK, Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 93–93

Head Matter:
Ben E. SMITH, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D18-1327
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed January 23, 2019.
Rehearing Denied February 18, 2019
Ben E. Smith, in proper person.
Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before LINDSEY and HENDON, JJ., and LUCK, Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Connolly v. State, 172 So.3d 893, 904 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015) (en banc) ("Use or possession of a firearm, however, is not an essential element of second degree murder, but rather, it may serve to allow for a reclassification of the second degree murder from a first degree felony to a life felony or as an enhancement of the sentence imposed." (footnote omitted) ).