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Ricks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 27, 1997
686 So. 2d 798 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-1963

Opinion filed January 27, 1997.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Kenneth Williams, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Amelia L. Beisner, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant was convicted of aggravated battery, possession of cannabis with intent to sell and possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis and was sentenced to 74.6 months in prison, the maximum guidelines sentence permitted without an upward departure. He contends, and the State concedes, that he could lawfully be convicted of only one of the drug charges, as they involved the same amount of marijuana. See Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 (1932); C.M. v. State, 672 So.2d 632 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). Accordingly, we reverse and remand to the trial court so that it may dismiss the charge of possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis and resentence appellant using a sentencing guidelines scoresheet that is calculated without considering that conviction.

MINER, WEBSTER and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Ricks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 27, 1997
686 So. 2d 798 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Ricks v. State

Case Details

Full title:JERRY BRUCE RICKS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jan 27, 1997

Citations

686 So. 2d 798 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)