WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 86-1420.

539 So.2d 35 (1989)

Jesse Paul WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni B. Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The State concedes, correctly, that a conviction for possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony is unconstitutional where a defendant is also convicted of armed kidnapping. Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1987); see Heath v. State, 532 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). For that reason the firearms conviction is reversed. Viera v. State,

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