Case Name: Freddie Lee JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-08-31
Citations: 551 So. 2d 1221
Docket Number: Nos. 88-956 & 88-957
Parties: Freddie Lee JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WENTWORTH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 551
Pages: 1221–1221

Head Matter:
Freddie Lee JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 88-956 & 88-957.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 31, 1989.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 30, 1989.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
WIGGINTON, Judge.
Appellant appeals two judgments and sentences which have been consolidated for this appeal. In each case below, from a single transaction, appellant was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, with intent to sell and sale of the same controlled substance, both in violation of section 893.13(l)(a), Florida Statutes. We agree with appellant's assertion that multiple punishments for the two crimes in each case violated double jeopardy principles. Therefore, 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 appellant's convictions in each case and to recalculate his sentence on the remaining conviction in each case.
WENTWORTH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.