OCTAVIUS MAURICE RUFFIN, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Court affirmed robbery and conspiracy convictions but reversed the sentencing on the conspiracy count, reducing the mandatory minimum from fifteen years to ten years for a second-degree felony under the habitual violent felony offender statute.
A habitual violent felony offender convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm, a second-degree felony, must receive a ten-year minimum mandatory sentence under Fla. Stat. § 775.084(4)(b)(2), not fifteen years.
[1] A habitual violent felony offender convicted of a second-degree felony must receive a ten-year minimum mandatory sentence under Fla. …
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PER CURIAM.
Octavius Ruffin appeals his convictions for robbery with a firearm (count one) and conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm (count four); and his sentence on the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
We affirm the defendant’s convictions without comment. However, we agree with the defendant that his sentence on the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm is incorrect. The trial court adjudicated the defendant as a habitual violent felony offender and sentenced the defendant to concurrent sentences of thirty years with fifteen-year minimum mandatory sentences on counts one and four. Count four, the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery with a firearm is a second-degree felony. Under section 775.084(4)(b)(2), Florida Statutes (1998), the mandatory term of imprisonment for a habitual violent felony offender convicted of a second-degree felony is ten years.
Accordingly, we reverse the sentencing order and remand for the trial court to correct the habitual violent felony offender sentence on count four to reflect a ten-year minimum mandatory sentence instead of a fifteen-year minimum mandatory sentence.
Convictions affirmed; sentencing order reversed and remanded for resentencing.