GARCIA V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2013 Opinion filed December 26, 2013. ________________ No. 3D12-1512 Lower Tribunal No. 10-13607 ________________ Eduardo Garcia, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Darrin P. Gayles, Judge. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Shayne R. Burnham, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and WELLS and ROTHENBERG, JJ. CONFESSION OF ERROR PER CURIAM. The court accepts the State s proper confession of error that Appellant s conviction for carrying a concealed firearm should be dismissed because the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support the charge. Accordingly, the conviction and sentence on Count 2 are hereby reversed and the cause is remanded for entry of a judgment of acquittal as to the charge of carrying a concealed firearm. Reversed and remanded with directions. 2

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