Escobedo v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Judge.
Jose Escobedo challenges the summary denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We reverse the fifteen-year mandatory minimum term included in his thirty-year prison sentence and remand for the trial court to strike the mandatory minimum term.
Escobedo was charged by information for drug trafficking offenses committed in November 1998. Count one alleged trafficking in more than 400 grams of cocaine. Count two alleged conspiracy to traffic in cocaine by selling or delivering “more than 28 grams of cocaine or any mixture…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. EstevezSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
- Trumbower v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003