Court Opinion

ID: 7729404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:42:03.497182+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:27:19.570323
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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.