Suarez v. State

HALL, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, Orlando Suarez, challenges his convictions and sentences for attempted trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. He contends the trial court erred in imposing a three-year minimhm-mandatory sentence and a $50,000 fine on his attempted trafficking conviction. While we find it is unclear as to which conviction the fine in this instance relates, we agree that it was error to impose a minimum mandatory on Suarez’s attempted trafficking conviction.

In the instant ease, Suarez was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, with a three-year…