Case Name: Darius JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-10-05
Citations: 550 So. 2d 130
Docket Number: No. 88-625
Parties: Darius JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SMITH and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 550
Pages: 130–131

Head Matter:
Darius JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-625.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 5, 1989.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 8, 1989.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Helen P. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
ZEHMER, Judge.
Defendant Darius Jones appeals his dual convictions for sale of cocaine in violation of section 893.13(l)(a), Florida Statutes, and possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver, in violation of the same subsection, which offenses arose out of the same transaction occurring on April 2, 1987 in Columbia County, Florida.
On the authority of Wheeler v. State, 549 So.2d 687 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), we reverse, and remand to the trial court with instructions to vacate one of Jones's convictions and to recalculate his sentence on the other. Jones v. State, 551 So.2d 1221 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). Cf., Choctaw v. State, 547 So.2d 726 (Fla.2d DCA 1989).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
SMITH and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.