Opinion ID: 1136044
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Heading: illegal sentence enhancement

Text: The trial court enhanced Higginbotham's five-to-life sentence for aggravated robbery with a consecutive two-year term under Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-203(1). That section provides that if a person is convicted of a first degree felony and if the trier of fact finds a firearm ... was used in the commission or furtherance of the felony, the court shall additionally sentence the person convicted for a term of one year to run consecutively and not concurrently; and the court may additionally sentence the person convicted for an indeterminate term not to exceed five years to run consecutively and not concurrently. Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-203(1). This section does not authorize a consecutive, determinate two-year term as was given here. See State v. Cobb, 774 P.2d 1123, 1129 (Utah 1989). Thus the enhancement term which the trial court imposed is illegal. Accordingly, we remand this case to allow the trial court to correct the determinate two-year sentence enhancement. Utah R.Crim. P. 22(e) (The court may correct an illegal sentence, or a sentence imposed in an illegal manner, at any time.); see also State v. Babbel, 813 P.2d 86, 88 (Utah 1991) (trial court has power to correct illegal sentence at any time, whether before or after an appeal, and even if there is no appeal), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1036, 112 S.Ct. 883, 116 L.Ed.2d 787 (1992). We (1) affirm Higginbotham's conviction for aggravated robbery, (2) reverse her conviction for possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and remand for a new trial, and (3) remand for correction of the illegal two-year sentence enhancement. STEWART, Associate C.J., and DURHAM and RUSSON, JJ., concur in HOWE's, J., opinion.