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State v. Freeland

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 22, 1990
558 So. 2d 204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-1340.

March 22, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Michael F. Cycmanick, Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fleming Lee and Judy Taylor Rush, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Robert J. Buonauro, Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant.


This is an appeal from a sentence and a cross-appeal from convictions. We find no merit in the cross-appeal but vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing. While the record is not crystal clear as to why the trial judge refused to score previous convictions for sale and possession of illegal drugs it could be that Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1987) was improperly retroactively applied. State v. Glenn, 558 So.2d 4 (Fla. 1990). Even if Carawan was applied, there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the previous convictions for sale and possession involved a single quantity of drugs. If a downward departure was intended then written reasons were not given.

SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.

GOSHORN and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Freeland

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 22, 1990
558 So. 2d 204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

State v. Freeland

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE, v. WILLIAM CLYDE FREELAND…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 22, 1990

Citations

558 So. 2d 204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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