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Harris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 8, 1989
537 So. 2d 719 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

No. 88-1661.

February 8, 1989.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Louis G. Carres and Bonnie Willis, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We affirm appellant's conviction for attempted armed robbery, but reverse his aggravated assault conviction on the basis of Brown v. State, 529 So.2d 1247 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), and Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1987). Accordingly, we reverse and remand to vacate appellant's conviction and sentence for aggravated assault and to resentence on the attempted armed robbery conviction consistent with this opinion.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

LETTS, DELL and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Harris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Feb 8, 1989
537 So. 2d 719 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)
Case details for

Harris v. State

Case Details

Full title:EDWARD HARRIS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Feb 8, 1989

Citations

537 So. 2d 719 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)