Legal Opinion

Lowery v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 9, 1985No. Nos. 83-2460, 84-2489PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RYDER, Chief Judge.

We affirm appellant’s convictions of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and delivery of cocaine. However, at the time of appellant’s convictions, a conviction for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine was a second degree felony. §§ 777.04(4) and 893.135(l)(b), Fla.Stat. (1981). Because the court adjudicated appellant guilty of a first degree felony on this conviction, we remand the case for the court to correct the judgment. Furthermore, because the trial judge sentenced appellant to only half of the statutory maximum of what the court thought was a first degree felony, we reverse…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Favors v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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