Case Name: Cedric TATE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-06-28
Citations: 194 So. 3d 564
Docket Number: No. 1D15-2357
Parties: Cedric TATE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RAY, MAKAR, JJ., and DAVIS, WILLIAM, Associate Judge, concur..
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 194
Pages: 564–565

Head Matter:
Cedric TATE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D15-2357.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 28, 2016.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Barbara J. Busharis, Assistant Public Defender, .for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, ■ Attorney General, Quentin Humphrey, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM..
Appellant, Cedric Tate, challenges his judgment and two consecutive mandatory minimum sentences for one count of second degree murder and one count of a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, arising from a single criminal episode. We affirm the conviction without comment, but reverse the sentences pursuant to Williams v. State, 186 So.3d 989 (Fla.2016).
At Appellant's sentencing hearing the trial court imposed mandatory minimum sentences under the 10-20-Life statute, as required under then-controlling decisions. However, the Florida'Supreme Court in Williams held that consecutive sentences under section 775.087(2)(d) for offenses committed contemporaneously are permissible but not mandatory. Thus, because the trial court believed it could not exercise discretion in imposing consecutive mandatory minimum terms, we reverse Appellant's sentences and remand for re-sentencing.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED and REMANDED in part.
RAY, MAKAR, JJ., and DAVIS, WILLIAM, Associate Judge, concur..