Drake v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
THREADGILL, Judge.
The appellant challenges his sentences for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. He argues the trial court erred in imposing three-year minimum mandatory sentences on each offense to run consecutively. We agree and reverse.
The appellant pleaded guilty and received concurrent sentences of twenty-five years’ imprisonment each for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. The trial court imposed a three-year minimum mandatory term on each sentence, pursuant to section 893.-135(l)(b)l.a., Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), with the minimum…
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