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RANDY WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D09-4842

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT July Term 2010 RANDY WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D09-4842 [December 29, 2010] DAMOORGIAN, J. We affirm the order denying Wilson?s motion to correct illegal sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). With the assistance of the public defender, Wilson argued that the trial court should not have imposed a three-year mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to section 775.087(2)(a)1., Florida Statutes, on count two of the information for possession of a firearm b y a convicted felon. The information, he argued, did not plead sufficient facts to permit imposition of the mandatory minimum. We hold that Wilson?s claims were conclusively refuted by the written sentencing order which imposed no mandatory minimum sentence for count two...continue to full post

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