Legal Opinion

Buggs v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 3, 2019No. Case No. 2D17-4040Published

1Opinion of the Court

BLACK, Judge.

Omar Buggs challenges the order revoking his probation and the resulting sentences. We affirm the revocation order without comment, but because Buggs's sentence for possession of cocaine is illegal, *879we reverse and remand for resentencing on that count.

In 2015 Buggs pleaded guilty to delivery of cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing facility, a first-degree felony punishable by up to thirty years in prison, see §§ 775.082(3)(b)(1), 893.13(1)(f)(1), Florida Statutes (2014), and to possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, see §§…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. McCloudSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  3. Caivano v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  5. Thornton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975

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