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Leon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jul 6, 1990
563 So. 2d 825 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 87-02299.

July 6, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Donald C. Evans, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Douglas P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and David R. Gemmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


The appellant, Alfredo Leon, challenges the judgments and guidelines sentences imposed upon him after he was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine, delivery of cocaine, and possession of cocaine.

The appellant contends, on double jeopardy grounds, that he cannot be convicted of all three offenses. Since the offenses occurred prior to the effective date of the 1988 amendment to section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes (1985), and were each predicated on a single underlying act involving the same cocaine, we agree. State v. Burton, 555 So.2d 1210 (Fla. 1989); State v. Smith, 547 So.2d 613 (Fla. 1989); Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1987); Fuentes v. State, 533 So.2d 311 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). We, therefore, reverse and remand to the trial court for the purpose of vacating all but one of the convictions for trafficking, delivery and possession, and to recalculate the sentence for the remaining conviction. Fuentes. See also Kelly v. State, 553 So.2d 800 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

Reversed and remanded.

CAMPBELL and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Leon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jul 6, 1990
563 So. 2d 825 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Leon v. State

Case Details

Full title:ALFREDO LEON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jul 6, 1990

Citations

563 So. 2d 825 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)