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403 So. 2d 629

Gemmell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 18, 1981

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1981-09-18

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1981

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Relies on 396 So. 2d 1107 - Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'n

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Decided 1981-09-18

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PER CURIAM.

¶1After granting the state attorney’s motion to mitigate appellant’s sentence on a charge of trafficking in cocaine pursuant to section 893.135(3), Florida Statutes (1979), the trial judge sentenced appellant to three years incarceration to be followed by twelve years probation. Appellant now appeals his sentence claiming that the trial judge erred in refusing to hear additional mitigating evidence offered by the defense and also claiming that section 893.135 is unconstitutional.

¶2Because we find appellant’s points on appeal to have no merit, appellant’s conviction is affirmed.

¶3Although appellant has not raised this point, the sentence imposed herein may be illegal under the doctrine of Villery v. State, 396 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1980). Accordingly, this affirmance is without prejudice to appellant seeking resentencing by raising the Villeryissue in a motion filed in the trial court pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

BOARDMAN, Acting C. J., and RYDER and CAMPBELL, JJ., concur.
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