He’ll have decades cut off his sentence.
The First District Court of Appeals has changed the prison term for a Jacksonville man convicted of attempted second degree murder, attempted armed robbery, and armed burglary of a dwelling- although the convictions themselves have been upheld.
Anthony Palmer was found to be in possession of a gun at the time of the home invasion in 2012, leading the trial court to sentence him to three consecutive 10-year mandatory minimum terms, or one ten year term for each conviction, under Florida’s 10-20-Life statute.
Since the appeal was filed, the Florida Supreme Court ruled consecutive sentences are “impermissible” if they came from the same criminal incident and the gun was not fired. While prosecutors believe Palmer did fire the gun, the jury found only that Palmer possessed the gun.
The Court, therefore, affirmed Palmer’s convictions but reversed the sentence and instead imposed concurrent mandatory minimum sentences.
Palmer and another man were found to have kicked in the front door of a home on Shelby Avenue in June 2012. Hours before, the men had been at the home to buy a car listed on Craigslist. One of the victims was shot in the leg during the crime.
