V.A.A. v. State

The simple issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in adjudicating the appellant delinquent and sentencing him on four counts: two counts charging sale and possession of one quantity of cannabis on June 16, 1988, and two counts charging sale and possession of a different quantity of cannabis on July 5, 1988. We must deal with the earlier crimes under a Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987), analysis. Using that analysis we find that it was error for the trial court to sentence the appellant doubly on these two counts. Gordon v. State, 528 So.2d 910 (Fla. 2d DCA…