Case Name: William H. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-07-21
Citations: 265 So. 2d 514
Docket Number: No. 71-717
Parties: William H. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: REED, C. J., MAGER, J., and LESTER, IGNATIUS M., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 265
Pages: 514–514

Head Matter:
William H. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 71-717.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 21, 1972.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 30, 1972.
Walter N. Colbath, Jr., Public Defender, and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Andrew I. Friedrich, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have reviewed the briefs and record on appeal and heard oral argument. On the basis thereof, we are of the opinion that the cocaine the appellant was convicted of possessing was the cocaine appellant was convicted of selling, thereby, in effect making the possession and sale a single transaction. Based on the reasoning in Yost v. State, Fla.App.1971, 243 So.2d 469, only one sentence should have been imposed and that for the higher offense.
Accordingly, since no other reversible error has been demonstrated the judgments as to the two counts are affirmed, but the sentences are vacated and the cause remanded with directions that the appellant be presented to the trial court and properly sentenced in accordance herewith.
Affirmed, in part; reversed, in part.
REED, C. J., MAGER, J., and LESTER, IGNATIUS M., Associate Judge, concur.