Rogers v. State

The appellant, Michael L. Rogers, challenges the trial court’s judgment and sentence.

On January 6, 1995, the state charged the appellant with manufacture of cocaine in violation of section 893.13(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1993). The jury found the appellant guilty of the lesser included offense of possession of cocaine, and the trial court subsequently adjudicated him guilty of that offense and sentenced him to five years in prison to run concurrently with the sentence imposed in case number 92-00798. Although the trial court orally pronounced at the sentencing hearing that it was departing…