{"id":1962,"date":"2026-08-23T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:46:06","slug":"florida-court-corrects-transposed-mandatory-minimum-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-corrects-transposed-mandatory-minimum-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Corrects Transposed Mandatory Minimum Sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sentencing court must apply firearm enhancements to the count supported by the charging document and jury findings. When a judge mistakenly attaches a mandatory minimum to the wrong count, correcting only the favorable part of the error may leave another illegal sentence in place. This issue was addressed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/florida\/sixth-district-court-of-appeal\/2026\/6d24-1211.html\">recent Florida decision<\/a> involving transposed sentences for aggravated battery and the 10-20-Life statute. If you are facing enhanced penalties, you should consult a Tampa violent crime defense attorney about preserving objections and correcting an unlawful sentence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allegedly, the State charged the defendant with attempted second-degree murder in one count and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in another. For the attempted murder count, the charging document asserted that the defendant carried and discharged a firearm and caused great bodily harm. The State sought a 25-year mandatory minimum under Florida\u2019s 10-20-Life statute only on that count.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reportedly, the jury found the defendant guilty of aggravated battery as a lesser offense on the firearm-enhanced count. Its verdict included special findings that the defendant possessed and personally discharged a firearm and caused great bodily harm. On the separate aggravated battery count, the jury returned a general guilty verdict without the special findings needed for the enhancement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-corrects-transposed-mandatory-minimum-sentences\/#more-1962\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sentencing court must apply firearm enhancements to the count supported by the charging document and jury findings. When a judge mistakenly attaches a mandatory minimum to the wrong count, correcting only the favorable part of the error may leave another illegal sentence in place. This issue was addressed in a recent Florida decision involving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-violent-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida Court Corrects Transposed Mandatory Minimum Sentences &#8212; Tampa Criminal Lawyer Blog &#8212; August 23, 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A sentencing court must apply firearm enhancements to the count supported by the charging document and jury findings. 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