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Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 5, 1988
519 So. 2d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-372.

February 5, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Lee County, R. Wallace Pack, J.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert F. Moeller, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kim W. Munch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


We affirm the appellant's convictions for possession of cocaine, possession of paraphernalia, and loitering and prowling. However, appellant was sentenced to concurrent five year probationary terms for all three charges. This was proper for possession of cocaine but improper for the other two charges because it was in excess of the statutory maximum. Green v. State, 392 So.2d 333 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).

We, therefore, remand for correction of sentence as to the two misdemeanor charges. Otherwise, affirmed.

CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and SCHOONOVER and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Feb 5, 1988
519 So. 2d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Johnson v. State

Case Details

Full title:CRAIG JEROME JOHNSON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Feb 5, 1988

Citations

519 So. 2d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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