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January 3, 2007 Liquor robber convicted; faces 10 to life State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the conviction, in Jackson County Circuit Court, of Lindsey Butler on a charge of Robbery with a Firearm. Butler, 24 of Marianna, was convicted, after a one-day trial, of using a firearm while robbing the Discount Liquors store in Marianna, on July 13, 2006. Butler has five prior convictions for robbery and was last released from the state prison system in December, 2005. He qualifies to be treated as a Prison Releasee Reoffender and is subject to completing 100 per cent of the sentence imposed. The use of a firearm in this offense subjects Butler to a minimum sentence of 10 years prison and a maximum of life under Florida’s 10-20-life law. |