Gilchrist v. State

Full title: Steven Guy GILCHRIST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Dec 31, 1998

722 So. 2d 965 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 97-4244.

December 31, 1998.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Judge Joseph Tarbuck.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Randy L. Havlicak, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

BARFIELD, C.J.

The ten-year habitual offender sentence for possession of cocaine is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED to the trial court for resentencing. See Copeland v. State, 720 So.2d 608 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). See also, McKnight v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D2402, ___ So.2d ___, 1998 WL 736323 (Fla. 1st DCA Oct. 23, 1998).

ERVIN and JOANOS, JJ., concur.