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Lowery v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Aug 9, 1985
473 So. 2d 815 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

Nos. 83-2460, 84-2489.

August 9, 1985.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; Lawrence E. Keough, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and John T. Kilcrease, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and James H. Dysart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


We affirm appellant's convictions of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and delivery of cocaine. However, at the time of appellant's convictions, a conviction for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine was a second degree felony. §§ 777.04(4) and 893.135(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (1981). Because the court adjudicated appellant guilty of a first degree felony on this conviction, we remand the case for the court to correct the judgment. Furthermore, because the trial judge sentenced appellant to only half of the statutory maximum of what the court thought was a first degree felony, we reverse the sentence for resentencing as a second degree felony.

Reversed and remanded.

SCHOONOVER and LEHAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lowery v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Aug 9, 1985
473 So. 2d 815 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)
Case details for

Lowery v. State

Case Details

Full title:THOMAS LOWERY, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Aug 9, 1985

Citations

473 So. 2d 815 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)