Case Name: Selvin WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-02-25
Citations: 751 So. 2d 196
Docket Number: No. 5D99-2034
Parties: Selvin WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 751
Pages: 196–196

Head Matter:
Selvin WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D99-2034.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 25, 2000.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and S.C. Van Voorhees, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori E. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge.
Having been convicted after a jury trial of sale of cocaine in Count I and possession of cocaine in Count II, the trial court sentenced Appellant as an habitual offender on both counts, despite Appellant's objection to the habitualization as to Count II. Section 775.084(1)(a)(3), Florida Statutes (1997) specifies that an habitual offender sentence is not to be imposed to a charge of possession of a controlled substance. The sentence as to Count II of Case No. 98-14033 is reversed and the cause is remanded with instructions to sentence Appellant under the guidelines on that count.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.