Case Name: Herman E. DUKES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-03-01
Citations: 866 So. 2d 775
Docket Number: No. 1D03-4519
Parties: Herman E. DUKES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ERVIN, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 866
Pages: 775–776

Head Matter:
Herman E. DUKES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D03-4519.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 1, 2004.
Herman E. Dukes, pro se, petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Man R. Dakan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Herman E. Dukes presents a timely claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. He asserts that his appellate counsel erred by failing to argue, as trial counsel did, that the imposition of a minimum sentence of 25 years' imprisonment pursuant to section 775.087(2)(a)3., Florida Statutes (1999), was unlawful because the information failed to allege that his discharge of a firearm or destructive device during the course of the offense resulted in the infliction of great bodily harm or death. The state concedes that Dukes is entitled to relief on this claim, and we agree. See, e.g., Gibbs v. State, 623 So.2d 551 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); see also Jackson v. State, 852 So.2d 941 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). Accordingly, the petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is granted, the sentence imposed upon Dukes is vacated, and the matter is remanded to the trial court for resentencing.
PETITION GRANTED.
ERVIN, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.