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695 So. 2d 861

Docket No. 95-01858.

Johnson v. State

Joe JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1997-06-18

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 2007

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Consecutive minimum mandatory sentences may not be imposed for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, when those offenses arise out of the same criminal episode and involve the same contraband.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 964 So. 2d 135 - Kelly v. State

Relies on 639 So. 2d 972 - Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Funding for Criminal Justice · Frazier v. State · 574 So. 2d 1213 - Alvarez v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1997-06-18

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¶1James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Johnny T. Salgado, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

¶3THREADGILL, Chief Judge.

¶4The appellant, Joe Johnson, challenges his judgments and sentences for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. While he raises several issues, we find merit only in his contention that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive minimum mandatory sentences upon him. We, therefore, remand for resentencing.

¶5Consecutive minimum mandatory sentences may not be imposed for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, when those offenses arise out of the same criminal episode and involve the same contraband. See Frazier v. State,630 So.2d 1237 (Fla. 2d DCA), review denied,639 So.2d 978 (Fla.1994); Drake v. State,614 So.2d 24 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Boom v. State,574 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). Since the record shows that both the trafficking and the conspiracy in this instance arose out of the same criminal episode and involved the same contraband, the trial court erred in ordering the minimum mandatory sentences for those offenses to be served consecutively. We, therefore, reverse and remand for resentencing. We affirm in all other respects.

¶6Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.

¶7QUINCE and NORTHCUTT, JJ., concur.

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