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Fla. Stat. § 775.087 (2025)

Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence.

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775.087 Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence.
(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever a person is charged with a felony, except a felony in which the use of a weapon or firearm is an essential element, and during the commission of such felony the defendant carries, displays, uses, threatens to use, or attempts to use any weapon or firearm, or during the commission of such felony the defendant commits an aggravated battery, the felony for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:
(a) In the case of a felony of the first degree, to a life felony.
(b) In the case of a felony of the second degree, to a felony of the first degree.
(c) In the case of a felony of the third degree, to a felony of the second degree.

For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, a felony offense which is reclassified under this section is ranked one level above the ranking under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 of the felony offense committed.

(2)(a)1. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony, regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and the conviction was for:
a. Murder;
b. Sexual battery;
c. Robbery;
d. Burglary;
e. Arson;
f. Aggravated battery;
g. Kidnapping;
h. Escape;
i. Aircraft piracy;
j. Aggravated child abuse;
k. Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult;
l. Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb;
m. Carjacking;
n. Home-invasion robbery;
o. Aggravated stalking;
p. Trafficking in cannabis, trafficking in cocaine, capital importation of cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs, capital importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in phencyclidine, capital importation of phencyclidine, trafficking in methaqualone, capital importation of methaqualone, trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam, trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, trafficking in Phenethylamines, or other violation of s. 893.135(1);
q. Possession of a firearm by a felon; or
r. Human trafficking

and during the commission of the offense, such person actually possessed a “firearm” or “destructive device” as those terms are defined in s. 790.001, shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years, except that a person who is convicted for possession of a firearm by a felon or burglary of a conveyance shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years if such person possessed a “firearm” or “destructive device” during the commission of the offense. However, if an offender who is convicted of the offense of possession of a firearm by a felon has a previous conviction of committing or attempting to commit a felony listed in s. 775.084(1)(b)1. and actually possessed a firearm or destructive device during the commission of the prior felony, the offender shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

2. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony listed in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-p. or sub-subparagraph 1.r., regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and during the course of the commission of the felony such person discharged a “firearm” or “destructive device” as defined in s. 790.001 shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
3. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony listed in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-p. or sub-subparagraph 1.r., regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and during the course of the commission of the felony such person discharged a “firearm” or “destructive device” as defined in s. 790.001 and, as the result of the discharge, death or great bodily harm was inflicted upon any person, the convicted person shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years and not more than a term of imprisonment of life in prison.
(b) Subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)2., or subparagraph (a)3. does not prevent a court from imposing a longer sentence of incarceration as authorized by law in addition to the minimum mandatory sentence, or from imposing a sentence of death pursuant to other applicable law. Subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)2., or subparagraph (a)3. does not authorize a court to impose a lesser sentence than otherwise required by law.

Notwithstanding s. 948.01, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or withheld, and the defendant is not eligible for statutory gain-time under s. 944.275 or any form of discretionary early release, other than pardon or executive clemency, or conditional medical release under s. 947.149, prior to serving the minimum sentence.

(c) If the minimum mandatory terms of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section exceed the maximum sentences authorized by s. 775.082, s. 775.084, or the Criminal Punishment Code under chapter 921, then the mandatory minimum sentence must be imposed. If the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment pursuant to this section are less than the sentences that could be imposed as authorized by s. 775.082, s. 775.084, or the Criminal Punishment Code under chapter 921, then the sentence imposed by the court must include the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment as required in this section.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that offenders who actually possess, carry, display, use, threaten to use, or attempt to use firearms or destructive devices be punished to the fullest extent of the law. The court shall impose the minimum term of imprisonment required under paragraph (a) for each qualifying felony offense for which the person is convicted. If the offender is convicted of multiple felony offenses for which paragraph (a) requires the imposition of a minimum term of imprisonment, the court shall impose any such terms of imprisonment consecutively.
(e) If an offender commits a felony enumerated in subparagraph (a)1. in conjunction with any other felony offense not enumerated in subparagraph (a)1., the court may impose any term of imprisonment provided for in paragraph (a) consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed for any other felony offense not enumerated in subparagraph (a)1.
(3)(a)1. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony, regardless of whether the use of a firearm is an element of the felony, and the conviction was for:
a. Murder;
b. Sexual battery;
c. Robbery;
d. Burglary;
e. Arson;
f. Aggravated battery;
g. Kidnapping;
h. Escape;
i. Sale, manufacture, delivery, or intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver any controlled substance;
j. Aircraft piracy;
k. Aggravated child abuse;
l. Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult;
m. Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb;
n. Carjacking;
o. Home-invasion robbery;
p. Aggravated stalking;
q. Trafficking in cannabis, trafficking in cocaine, capital importation of cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs, capital importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in phencyclidine, capital importation of phencyclidine, trafficking in methaqualone, capital importation of methaqualone, trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam, trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, trafficking in Phenethylamines, or other violation of s. 893.135(1); or
r. Human trafficking

and during the commission of the offense, such person possessed a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or a machine gun as defined in s. 790.001, shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years.

2. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony listed in subparagraph 1., regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and during the course of the commission of the felony such person discharged a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity box magazine or a “machine gun” as defined in s. 790.001 shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
3. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony listed in subparagraph 1., regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and during the course of the commission of the felony such person discharged a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity box magazine or a “machine gun” as defined in s. 790.001 and, as the result of the discharge, death or great bodily harm was inflicted upon any person, the convicted person shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 25 years and not more than a term of imprisonment of life in prison.
(b) Subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)2., or subparagraph (a)3. does not prevent a court from imposing a longer sentence of incarceration as authorized by law in addition to the minimum mandatory sentence, or from imposing a sentence of death pursuant to other applicable law. Subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)2., or subparagraph (a)3. does not authorize a court to impose a lesser sentence than otherwise required by law.

Notwithstanding s. 948.01, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or withheld, and the defendant is not eligible for statutory gain-time under s. 944.275 or any form of discretionary early release, other than pardon or executive clemency, or conditional medical release under s. 947.149, prior to serving the minimum sentence.

(c) If the minimum mandatory terms of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section exceed the maximum sentences authorized by s. 775.082, s. 775.084, or the Criminal Punishment Code under chapter 921, then the mandatory minimum sentence must be imposed. If the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment pursuant to this section are less than the sentences that could be imposed as authorized by s. 775.082, s. 775.084, or the Criminal Punishment Code under chapter 921, then the sentence imposed by the court must include the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment as required in this section.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that offenders who possess, carry, display, use, threaten to use, or attempt to use a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or a machine gun as defined in s. 790.001 be punished to the fullest extent of the law. The court shall impose the minimum term of imprisonment required under paragraph (a) for each qualifying felony offense for which the person is convicted. If the offender is convicted of multiple felony offenses for which paragraph (a) requires the imposition of a minimum term of imprisonment, the court shall impose any such terms of imprisonment consecutively.
(e) If an offender commits a felony enumerated in subparagraph (a)1. in conjunction with any other felony offense not enumerated in subparagraph (a)1., the court may impose any term of imprisonment provided for in paragraph (a) consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed for any other felony offense not enumerated in subparagraph (a)1.
(f) As used in this subsection, the term:
1. “High-capacity detachable box magazine” means any detachable box magazine, for use in a semiautomatic firearm, which is capable of being loaded with more than 20 centerfire cartridges.
2. “Semiautomatic firearm” means a firearm which is capable of firing a series of rounds by separate successive depressions of the trigger and which uses the energy of discharge to perform a portion of the operating cycle.
(4) For purposes of imposition of minimum mandatory sentencing provisions of this section, with respect to a firearm, the term “possession” is defined as carrying it on the person. Possession may also be proven by demonstrating that the defendant had the firearm within immediate physical reach with ready access with the intent to use the firearm during the commission of the offense, if proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
(5) This section does not apply to law enforcement officers or to United States military personnel who are performing their lawful duties or who are traveling to or from their places of employment or assignment to perform their lawful duties.
History.s. 9, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-7; s. 3, ch. 75-298; s. 2, ch. 76-75; s. 51, ch. 83-215; s. 3, ch. 89-306; s. 2, ch. 90-124; s. 2, ch. 90-176; s. 19, ch. 95-184; s. 9, ch. 95-195; s. 15, ch. 96-322; s. 55, ch. 96-388; s. 14, ch. 97-194; s. 1, ch. 99-12; s. 88, ch. 2000-158; s. 5, ch. 2000-320; s. 11, ch. 2005-128; s. 4, ch. 2011-200; s. 1, ch. 2012-74; s. 3, ch. 2014-176; s. 2, ch. 2014-195; s. 1, ch. 2016-7; s. 121, ch. 2019-167; s. 1, ch. 2023-87; s. 4, ch. 2025-81.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 775.087

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§775.087(1a)AGGRAV BATTERYCOMMIT 1ST DEGREE FELONY W AGG BATTF
§775.087(1a)WEAPON OFFENSECOMMIT 1ST DEGREE FELONY W WEAPONF
§775.087(1a)AGGRAV BATTERYREMOVEDF
§775.087(1a)WEAPON OFFENSEREMOVEDF
§775.087(1b)AGGRAV BATTERYREMOVEDF · 1st
§775.087(1b)WEAPON OFFENSEREMOVEDF · 1st
§775.087(1b)AGGRAV BATTERYCOMMIT 2ND DEGREE FELONY W AGG BATTF · 1st
§775.087(1b)WEAPON OFFENSECOMMIT 2ND DEGREE FELONY W WEAPONF · 1st
§775.087(1c)AGGRAV BATTERYREMOVEDF · 2nd
§775.087(1c)WEAPON OFFENSEREMOVEDF · 2nd
§775.087(1c)AGGRAV BATTERYCOMMIT 3RD DEGREE FELONY W AGG BATTF · 2nd
§775.087(1c)WEAPON OFFENSECOMMIT 3RD DEGREE FELONY W WEAPONF · 2nd
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,710 cases (98 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: Connolly, Jr. v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).
Connolly, Jr. v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015). · cites it 329× “See § 775.087. Because the defect was not the omission of an essential element of the crime, 3 The elements of second degree murder are: (1) the victim is dead; (2) the death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant; and (3) there was an unlawful killing of the victim “by…”
Ronald Williams v. State of Florida, 186 So. 3d 989 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 71× “Paragraph (2)(a) sets forth the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment a trial court must impose when a -5- defendant possesses or uses a firearm during the commission of a qualifying felony.”
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). · cites it 178× “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
Walton v. State, 106 So. 3d 522 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). · cites it 39× “The first is whether the trial court correctly imposed consecutive mandatory minimum sentences under section 775.087, Florida Statutes, the 10-20-Life statute, when Ap *524 pellant’s crimes were all committed during a single episode.”
Leronnie Lee Walton v. State of Florida, 208 So. 3d 60 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 21× “The majority says that one of the errors identified by Walton was the trial court’s conclusion “that section 775.087, Florida Statutes—the 10-20-Life statute— required Walton’s sentences to be imposed consecutively.”
Adam Lloyd Shepard v. State of Florida, 259 So. 3d 701 (Fla. 2018). · cites it 39× “This Court then determined that “the obvious legislative intent reflected by section 775.087 is to provide harsher punishment for, and hopefully deter, those persons who use instruments commonly recognized as having the purpose to inflict death and serious bodily injury upon…”
Darriue Montgomery v. State, 230 So. 3d 1256 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017). · cites it 23× “§ 775.087(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Nonetheless, he or she would still be entitled to a twenty-year statutory review of his or her sentence under section 921.”
State v. Sousa, 903 So. 2d 923 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 23× “The consecutive sentences totaled 105 years of imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum sentence of fifty-three years pursuant to the enhancement provisions of section 775.087, Florida Statutes (1999), the "10-20-life" statute.”
Ivory Lee Robinson v. State of Florida, 215 So. 3d 1262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017). · cites it 22× “The Amended Information also charged section 775.087, Florida Statutes, the sentencing enhancement provision, also known as the “10-20-Life” law.”
Mesa v. State, 632 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). · cites it 38× “is an essential element of the crime charged under the above statutes, we conclude that (1) the defendant waived this defect in the information by failing to file a motion to dismiss the information based on such omission, and (2) the above judgment of conviction and sentence…”
McDonald v. State, 957 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 2007). · cites it 16× “§ 775.087, Fla. Stat. (2000). McDonald was convicted after jury trial of five felony counts: carjacking with a firearm, two counts of robbery with a firearm, aggravated fleeing and eluding, and grand theft auto.”
Cortez Hatten v. State of Florida, 203 So. 3d 142 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 14× “And “[t]he mandatory minimum sentences differ depending on whether the defendant possessed the firearm, discharged the firearm, or discharged the firearm and inflicted death or great bodily harm.”
— 775.087(1) — 357 cases
Connolly, Jr. v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015). “See § 775.087. Because the defect was not the omission of an essential element of the crime, 3 The elements of second degree murder are: (1) the victim is dead; (2) the death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant; and (3) there was an unlawful killing of the victim “by…”
Adam Lloyd Shepard v. State of Florida, 259 So. 3d 701 (Fla. 2018). “This Court then determined that “the obvious legislative intent reflected by section 775.087 is to provide harsher punishment for, and hopefully deter, those persons who use instruments commonly recognized as having the purpose to inflict death and serious bodily injury upon…”
Lareau v. State, 573 So. 2d 813 (Fla. 1991).
State v. Rodriguez, 602 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. 1992).
— 775.087(1)(2) — 1 case
Damico v. State, 946 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).
— 775.087(1)(a) — 99 cases
Lamont v. State, 610 So. 2d 435 (Fla. 1992).
Postell v. State, 383 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Overton v. State, 976 So. 2d 536 (Fla. 2007).
Fowler v. State, 375 So. 2d 879 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).
Franke v. State, 997 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).
— 775.087(1)(b) — 66 cases
Mesa v. State, 632 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). “is an essential element of the crime charged under the above statutes, we conclude that (1) the defendant waived this defect in the information by failing to file a motion to dismiss the information based on such omission, and (2) the above judgment of conviction and sentence…”
Gonzalez v. State, 585 So. 2d 932 (Fla. 1991).
McKinnon v. State, 523 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).
Bell v. State, 394 So. 2d 570 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).
Thomas v. State, 932 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).
— 775.087(1)(c) — 13 cases
Overfelt v. State, 434 So. 2d 945 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).
McCallister v. State, 716 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).
Watson v. State, 591 So. 2d 951 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).
Watkins v. State, 622 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).
Beatrice v. State, 832 So. 2d 972 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
— 775.087(1)(d) — 1 case
Smith v. State, 211 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).
— 775.087(2) — 613 cases
Ronald Williams v. State of Florida, 186 So. 3d 989 (Fla. 2016). “Paragraph (2)(a) sets forth the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment a trial court must impose when a -5- defendant possesses or uses a firearm during the commission of a qualifying felony.”
Darriue Montgomery v. State, 230 So. 3d 1256 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017). “§ 775.087(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Nonetheless, he or she would still be entitled to a twenty-year statutory review of his or her sentence under section 921.”
Leronnie Lee Walton v. State of Florida, 208 So. 3d 60 (Fla. 2016). “The majority says that one of the errors identified by Walton was the trial court’s conclusion “that section 775.087, Florida Statutes—the 10-20-Life statute— required Walton’s sentences to be imposed consecutively.”
Bradley v. State, 3 So. 3d 1168 (Fla. 2009).
Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000).
— 775.087(2)(1997) — 1 case
Garrett v. State, 788 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).
— 775.087(2)(a) — 337 cases
Ronald Williams v. State of Florida, 186 So. 3d 989 (Fla. 2016). “Paragraph (2)(a) sets forth the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment a trial court must impose when a -5- defendant possesses or uses a firearm during the commission of a qualifying felony.”
Connolly, Jr. v. State, 172 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015). “See § 775.087. Because the defect was not the omission of an essential element of the crime, 3 The elements of second degree murder are: (1) the victim is dead; (2) the death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant; and (3) there was an unlawful killing of the victim “by…”
Jose Martinez v. State of Florida, 169 So. 3d 170 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).
Grant v. State, 138 So. 3d 1079 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).
Mesa v. State, 632 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). “is an essential element of the crime charged under the above statutes, we conclude that (1) the defendant waived this defect in the information by failing to file a motion to dismiss the information based on such omission, and (2) the above judgment of conviction and sentence…”
— 775.087(2)(a)(1) — 38 cases
Bundrage v. State, 814 So. 2d 1133 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).
Altieri v. State, 835 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
State v. Iseley, 944 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 2006).
Pitts v. State, 832 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).
Chambers v. State, 975 So. 2d 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(a) — 2 cases
Chambers v. State, 975 So. 2d 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(f) — 9 cases
Chambers v. State, 975 So. 2d 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).
Wilchcombe v. State, 842 So. 2d 198 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).
Altieri v. State, 835 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
Garfield Plummer v. State of Florida, 246 So. 3d 506 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).
Sehnal v. State, 826 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(g) — 4 cases
Chambers v. State, 975 So. 2d 444 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).
Wilchcombe v. State, 842 So. 2d 198 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).
Webb v. State, 997 So. 2d 469 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).
Pablo Diaz v. State (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(p) — 1 case
Travis Hunt v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2020).
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(q) — 2 cases
Issac Woods v. State (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
Julio S. Cendejas v. State of Florida, 250 So. 3d 851 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018).
— 775.087(2)(a)(1)(r) — 1 case
Irons v. State, 851 So. 2d 798 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).
— 775.087(2)(a)(2) — 23 cases
Altieri v. State, 835 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
Muldrow v. State, 842 So. 2d 240 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
Whitehead v. State, 884 So. 2d 139 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).
Davis v. State, 884 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).
— 775.087(2)(a)(3) — 52 cases
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
Cortez Hatten v. State of Florida, 203 So. 3d 142 (Fla. 2016). “And “[t]he mandatory minimum sentences differ depending on whether the defendant possessed the firearm, discharged the firearm, or discharged the firearm and inflicted death or great bodily harm.”
Burks v. State, 237 So. 3d 1060 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).
Wooden v. State, 42 So. 3d 837 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010).
Linnon v. State, 988 So. 2d 70 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).
— 775.087(2)(a)(8) — 1 case
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
— 775.087(2)(a)(i) — 1 case
Hayden v. State, 833 So. 2d 275 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
— 775.087(2)(a)(l) — 19 cases
Green v. State, 18 So. 3d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
Darriue Montgomery v. State, 230 So. 3d 1256 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017). “§ 775.087(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Nonetheless, he or she would still be entitled to a twenty-year statutory review of his or her sentence under section 921.”
Butner v. State, 217 So. 3d 1162 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).
Thompson v. State, 589 So. 2d 1013 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).
— 775.087(2)(a)(l)(a) — 2 cases
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
State v. Allen, 8 So. 3d 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).
— 775.087(2)(a)(l)(f) — 2 cases
Butner v. State, 217 So. 3d 1162 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).
Gonzalez v. State, 957 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).
— 775.087(2)(a)(l)(q) — 1 case
Magana v. State, 846 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).
— 775.087(2)(a)(l)(r) — 2 cases
Dawkins v. State, 923 So. 2d 520 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).
Gallentine v. State, 55 So. 3d 728 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011).
— 775.087(2)(b) — 26 cases
Kelly v. State, 137 So. 3d 2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).
Cortez Hatten v. State of Florida, 203 So. 3d 142 (Fla. 2016). “And “[t]he mandatory minimum sentences differ depending on whether the defendant possessed the firearm, discharged the firearm, or discharged the firearm and inflicted death or great bodily harm.”
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
Inmon v. State, 932 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).
James v. Dep't of Corr., 424 So. 2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
— 775.087(2)(c) — 20 cases
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
McDonald v. State, 957 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 2007). “§ 775.087, Fla. Stat. (2000). McDonald was convicted after jury trial of five felony counts: carjacking with a firearm, two counts of robbery with a firearm, aggravated fleeing and eluding, and grand theft auto.”
Yasin v. State, 896 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).
Pitts v. State, 202 So. 3d 882 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).
Anthony M. Gartman v. State of Florida, 197 So. 3d 1181 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).
— 775.087(2)(d) — 93 cases
Ronald Williams v. State of Florida, 186 So. 3d 989 (Fla. 2016). “Paragraph (2)(a) sets forth the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment a trial court must impose when a -5- defendant possesses or uses a firearm during the commission of a qualifying felony.”
Walton v. State, 106 So. 3d 522 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “The first is whether the trial court correctly imposed consecutive mandatory minimum sentences under section 775.087, Florida Statutes, the 10-20-Life statute, when Ap *524 pellant’s crimes were all committed during a single episode.”
State v. Sousa, 903 So. 2d 923 (Fla. 2005). “The consecutive sentences totaled 105 years of imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum sentence of fifty-three years pursuant to the enhancement provisions of section 775.087, Florida Statutes (1999), the "10-20-life" statute.”
Robert R. Miller v. State of Florida, 265 So. 3d 457 (Fla. 2018).
Williams v. State, 125 So. 3d 879 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).
— 775.087(2)(e) — 3 cases
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
State v. Vanderhoff, 14 So. 3d 1185 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009).
Sheppard v. State, 113 So. 3d 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).
— 775.087(2)(f) — 1 case
Wadman v. State, 750 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).
— 775.087(2)(g) — 1 case
Rincon v. State, 838 So. 2d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).
— 775.087(2)(l)(r) — 1 case
Suber v. State, 827 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).
— 775.087(3) — 12 cases
Lopez v. State, 833 So. 2d 283 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
State v. Vanderhoff, 14 So. 3d 1185 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009).
— 775.087(3)(a) — 2 cases
Hall v. State, 702 So. 2d 308 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).
— 775.087(3)(a)(2) — 1 case
Inmon v. State, 932 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).
— 775.087(3)(a)(3) — 2 cases
Lateef Garnes v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).
— 775.087(3)(b) — 2 cases
Lateef Garnes v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).
— 775.087(4) — 15 cases
Jose Martinez v. State of Florida, 169 So. 3d 170 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).
Grant v. State, 138 So. 3d 1079 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).
Johnson v. State, 855 So. 2d 218 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).
Barrett v. State, 983 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).
State v. Mulus, 970 So. 2d 349 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).
— 775.087(4)(a) — 1 case
Rodriguez v. State, 766 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).
— 775.087(5) — 3 cases
Green v. State, 792 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).
Nelson v. State, 811 So. 2d 761 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Howard, 859 So. 2d 619 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).
— 775.087(6) — 2 cases
State of Florida v. Jeffrey Reininger, 254 So. 3d 996 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).
Eric Patrick Wright v. State of Florida, 225 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).
— 775.087(a)(1) — 1 case
Flanders v. State, 217 So. 3d 160 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).
— 775.087(b) — 1 case
Cash v. State, 507 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).
— 775.087(c) — 1 case
Chambers v. State, 880 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).
— 775.087(l)(a) — 51 cases
Green v. State, 18 So. 3d 656 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).
Laisha L. Landrum v. State of Florida, 192 So. 3d 459 (Fla. 2016).
Castillo v. State, 217 So. 3d 1110 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).
Smith v. State, 211 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).
Mendenhall v. State, 48 So. 3d 740 (Fla. 2010). “087(2)(a)(3), which provides that defendants who discharge a firearm during the commission of certain enumerated crimes, including murder and attempted murder, and inflict death or great bodily harm as the result of the discharge shall be sentenced to a "minimum term of…”
— 775.087(l)(b) — 40 cases
Walton v. State, 106 So. 3d 522 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). “The first is whether the trial court correctly imposed consecutive mandatory minimum sentences under section 775.087, Florida Statutes, the 10-20-Life statute, when Ap *524 pellant’s crimes were all committed during a single episode.”
Cortez Hatten v. State of Florida, 203 So. 3d 142 (Fla. 2016). “And “[t]he mandatory minimum sentences differ depending on whether the defendant possessed the firearm, discharged the firearm, or discharged the firearm and inflicted death or great bodily harm.”
Abrakata v. State, 168 So. 3d 251 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).
Martinez v. State, 114 So. 3d 1119 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).
State v. Richards, 639 So. 2d 680 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).
— 775.087(l)(c) — 4 cases
Juarez v. State, 65 So. 3d 110 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).
Torres v. State, 474 So. 2d 335 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).
Williams v. State, 596 So. 2d 679 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).
Wells v. State, 693 So. 2d 98 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997).
— 775.087(l)(d) — 1 case
Smith v. State, 211 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).
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