Legal Opinion

Vance v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 10, 2010No. 2D09-1892Published

1Opinion of the Court

KHOUZAM, Judge.

Quarice Lovell Vance challenges his judgments and sentences for the sale of cocaine within 1000 feet of a school and possession of cocaine. Vance was sentenced as a habitual felony offender on both offenses. Vance argues, and we agree, that the trial court erred in imposing a habitual felony offender sentence for the offense of possession of cocaine. See § 775.084(l)(a)(3), Fla. Stat. (2007); Bass v. State, 894 So.2d 303, 303 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to strike Vance’s designation as a habitual felony offender from his sentence…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bass v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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