Case Name: Charlie VERNON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-07-26
Citations: 677 So. 2d 403
Docket Number: No. 95-00584
Parties: Charlie VERNON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and BLUE and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 677
Pages: 403–403

Head Matter:
Charlie VERNON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-00584.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 26, 1996.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Charlie Vernon's appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), challenging his judgments and sentences for delivery and possession of cocaine. We find merit in his contention that the trial court erred in sentencing him as a habitual offender on the possession of cocaine offense. Under section 775.084(l)(a)3, Florida Statutes (1993), a defendant cannot receive a habitual offender sentence for possession of a controlled substance. See also Belton v. State, 673 So.2d 880 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).
We, therefore, remand this case to the trial court for resentencing on the possession of cocaine offense. We otherwise affirm the judgments and the habitual sentence for delivery of cocaine.
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and BLUE and QUINCE, JJ., concur.