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838 So. 2d 1205

Docket No. 2D01-3582.

Cole v. State

Toby E. COLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 12, 2003.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2003-02-12

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently September 2009

6 state decisions

Relies on 821 So. 2d 263 - Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms—Stepparent Adoption Forms · 818 So. 2d 544 - Taylor v. State · State v. Miller

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Decided 2003-02-12

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¶1James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

¶2Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

¶3FULMER, Judge.

¶4Toby Cole entered a plea of no contest to trafficking in amphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We affirm the denial of the motion to suppress. See State v. Miller,565 So.2d 886 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (upholding traffic stop based on driving at night with an inoperable tag light); § 316.221(2), Fla. Stat. (1999).

¶5Cole also challenges the sentence imposed for trafficking in amphetamine. The State agrees that remand for resentencing is necessary because Cole was sentenced under the same statute found unconstitutional by this court in Taylor v. State,818 So.2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA), review dismissed,821 So.2d 302 (Fla.2002).

¶6Accordingly, we affirm the convictions, reverse the sentence, and remand for resentencing in accordance with the valid laws in effect on the date of the offenses.

¶7Reversed and remanded.

¶8SILBERMAN and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.

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