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Hargrove v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jul 1, 2005
905 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Summary

upholding consecutive twenty-year minimum mandatory sentences for two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm where defendant stepped in front of vehicle containing two occupants, shot driver and, as driver attempted to drive away, shot at passenger

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Opinion

No. 2D03-4627.

July 1, 2005.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Richard A. Luce, J.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Johnny Hargrove appeals a judgment for two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of shooting into a vehicle. The trial court sentenced Mr. Hargrove to two consecutive twenty-year terms of imprisonment, minimum mandatory, for the two counts of attempted murder pursuant to the 10-20-life statute, see § 775.087(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2001), and to a concurrent term of fifteen years' imprisonment for shooting into a vehicle. We affirm the convictions without further comment.

Mr. Hargrove argued that our opinion in Sousa v. State, 868 So.2d 538 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), prohibited the consecutive twenty-year minimum mandatory sentences. However, our opinion in Sousa has recently been reversed. See State v. Sousa, 903 So.2d 923 (Fla. 2005) (citing State v. Christian, 692 So.2d 889 (Fla. 1997)). Here, as in Sousa, Mr. Hargrove was convicted of two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm. The evidence presented established that Mr. Hargrove stepped in front of a car with two occupants — Mr. Freeman, the driver, and Ms. Davis, the passenger. Mr. Hargrove took aim and shot at Mr. Freeman, and the bullet struck and injured Mr. Freeman. Thereafter, as Mr. Freeman attempted to drive away, Mr. Hargrove again took aim and shot at Ms. Davis, with the bullet hitting the passenger side door window. Pursuant to Sousa, 903 So.2d 923 and Christian, 692 So.2d 889, this series of events permitted the imposition of consecutive sentences. We therefore affirm the judgment and sentences.

Affirmed.

CASANUEVA, J., and THREADGILL, EDWARD F., Senior Judge, Concur.


Summaries of

Hargrove v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jul 1, 2005
905 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

upholding consecutive twenty-year minimum mandatory sentences for two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm where defendant stepped in front of vehicle containing two occupants, shot driver and, as driver attempted to drive away, shot at passenger

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recognizing that under Sousa, stacking was permissible where the defendant shot the driver of a car and also shot at the passenger but missed

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stacking of mandatory minimum sentences approved where the defendant shot the driver of a car and shot at a passenger but missed

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In Hargrove v. State, 905 So.2d 275 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), this court held that consecutive sentences were permitted where the evidence showed that Hargrove had fired his weapon at each of two occupants of a vehicle, wounding one.

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Case details for

Hargrove v. State

Case Details

Full title:Johnny HARGROVE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jul 1, 2005

Citations

905 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

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