Garcia v. State

Jose Angel Garcia appeals from judgments of conviction and sentences for conspiracy to commit armed burglary, armed trafficking in cocaine, and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. We affirm the convictions but reverse the consecutive mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and remand for entry of a corrected sentence.

Consecutive mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine may only be imposed where the offenses are sufficiently distinct. Short v. State, 572 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Vickery v. State,…