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Summary: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED TYZICK JOSEPH WALL, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D16-3731 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed July 20, 2018 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge. Edward Juan Lynum, of Lynum & Associates, PLLC, Wildwood, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistan
Summary: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED TYZICK JOSEPH WALL, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D16-3731 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed July 20, 2018 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge. Edward Juan Lynum, of Lynum & Associates, PLLC, Wildwood, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant..
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
TYZICK JOSEPH WALL,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D16-3731
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed July 20, 2018
Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Citrus County,
Richard A. Howard, Judge.
Edward Juan Lynum, of Lynum &
Associates, PLLC, Wildwood, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant
Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for
Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Tyzick Joseph Wall appeals his convictions and sentences for second-degree
murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, and two counts of dealing
in stolen property.1 Wall was under the age of eighteen when he committed these crimes.
1Wall was indicted jointly with his codefendant, Bryan Thomas Robinson, for the
premediated first-degree murder of Stephen Gorney (Count One), robbery with a deadly
We affirm his convictions without further discussion but remand for resentencing on Count
One, second-degree murder. We also remand for the trial court to amend the sentence
on Count Two, robbery with a deadly weapon.
As to Wall's sentence on Count One, we reverse because Wall was entitled to a
jury fact-finding on whether he "actually killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill"
Stephen Gorney.2 See Williams v. State,
242 So. 3d 280, 288-89 (Fla. 2018) (citing
Alleyne v. United States,
570 U.S. 99, 115 (2013)). We find that this error was not
harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See
id. at 289-90. Because second-degree
murder with a deadly weapon is a first-degree felony reclassified as a life felony under
sections 775.087(1)(a) and 782.04(2), Florida Statutes (2015), Wall should have been
sentenced under section 775.082(3)(b)2., Florida Statutes (2015). Williams specifies
resentencing as though there had been a jury finding that Wall did not kill, intend to kill,
or attempt to kill Gorney, rather than empanelment of a jury, as the remedy for this
error.
242 So. 3d at 292-93. We, therefore, remand for resentencing on Count One pursuant
to section 775.082(3)(b)2.b. See
Williams, 242 So. 3d at 288-93. The trial court shall
indicate in the sentencing document that Wall is eligible for sentence review on this count
after fifteen years under section 921.1402(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2015). §
775.082(3)(b)2.b., c., Fla. Stat. (2015).
weapon (Count Two), and two counts of dealing in stolen property (Counts Three and
Four).
2 We note that Wall's second-degree murder conviction did not clearly include a
finding by the jury that Wall actually killed Gorney due to the wording in the verdict form
and jury instructions.
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We also remand for the trial court to amend the sentence on Count Two, robbery
with a deadly weapon, to reflect eligibility for sentence review after twenty years under
section 921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2015). § 775.083(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (2015). In all
other respects, we affirm.
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; and REMANDED with instructions.
ORFINGER, BERGER and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.
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