Legal Opinion

Isaac v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 24, 1989No. 87-1215Published

1Opinion of the Court

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Jerry Lee Isaac was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and trafficking in cocaine based upon one drug transaction, and was also convicted of both delivery and possession of cocaine based upon another drug transaction. The delivery and possession counts involved a single undivided quantity of cocaine based upon the second drug transaction. A defendant may not be convicted of delivery and possession of cocaine predicated on a single underlying act. See Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987); Fuentes v. State, 533 So.2d 311 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988); Gordon v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carawan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. Gordon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  3. Fuentes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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