Case Name: Raymond SANDERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-12-20
Citations: 553 So. 2d 795
Docket Number: No. 88-02051
Parties: Raymond SANDERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHEB, A.C.J., and LEHAN and PARKER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 553
Pages: 795–795

Head Matter:
Raymond SANDERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-02051.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 20, 1989.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant pleaded no contest to charges of purchasing and possessing the same cocaine, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss the possession charge on the basis of Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), and Gordon v. State, 528 So.2d 910 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), decision approved sub nom., State v. Smith, 547 So.2d 613 (Fla.1989). See also Lends v. State, 545 So.2d 427 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). Pursuant to the above authorities, the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to dismiss. Accordingly, appellant's conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine is reversed. This reversal will not affect appellant's conviction and sentence for purchasing cocaine.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
SCHEB, A.C.J., and LEHAN and PARKER, JJ., concur.