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Coon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 23, 2008
979 So. 2d 447 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D07-3020.

April 23, 2008.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Ilona M. Holmes, Judge; L.T. Case No. 06-7930-CF10A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Barbara J. Wolfe, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We affirm the conviction and sentence in this Anders appeal. However, our review of the record indicates an error in sentencing.

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

After entering a plea, the defendant was convicted of manufacturing or possessing cannabis in an amount greater than 25, but less than 2,000 pounds, and using or possessing drug paraphernalia. See §§ 893.135(1)(a)1., 893.147(1), Fla. Stat. (2006). The fine for a violation of section 893.135(1)(a)1. is $25,000. See § 893.135(1)(a)1. The trial court imposed a fine of $50,000. However, an unpreserved sentencing error cannot be corrected in an Anders appeal. We therefore affirm without prejudice to the defendant's filing of an appropriate post-conviction motion.

Affirmed.

POLEN, GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Coon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 23, 2008
979 So. 2d 447 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Coon v. State

Case Details

Full title:Albert COON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 23, 2008

Citations

979 So. 2d 447 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)