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Thomas v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Sep 5, 1975
318 So. 2d 163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

Opinion

Nos. 74-1543 to 74-1545.

September 5, 1975.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, William L. Walker, J.

Law Offices of Alex D. Finch, Clearwater, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


Appellant was convicted of three violations of the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act and was given concurrent four-year sentences for each conviction. These judgments are affirmed.

However, the crime prosecuted in case no. 74-4596 (appeal case no. 74-1543) was a misdemeanor, rather than a felony. It was properly triable in circuit court under Fla. Stat., § 26.012(2)(d) (1973), but the sentence could not exceed the one year maximum for a misdemeanor. Therefore, the sentence in that case is hereby reduced to a term of one year, and the court below is requested to correct its records accordingly.

HOBSON, Acting C.J., and GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Thomas v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Sep 5, 1975
318 So. 2d 163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)
Case details for

Thomas v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOHN AVERY THOMAS, JR., APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Sep 5, 1975

Citations

318 So. 2d 163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)