eBook details
- Title: William N. Vickery v. State Florida
- Author : First District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Release Date : January 13, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
Description
Appellant seeks review of consecutive mandatory minimum sentences which were imposed pursuant to section 893.135, Florida
Statutes, for trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, and conspiracy to traffic in cannabis. Because the
cocaine offenses constituted a single criminal episode and were neither separate nor distinct, consecutive mandatory minimum
sentences should not have been imposed for both of these offenses. In accordance with a prior arrangement appellant and two companions were met by undercover law enforcement personnel for
a cocaine transaction at a motel. Negotiations occurred in the motel parking lot and the participants consummated the transaction
inside a motel room. Plans were also made for a later cannabis transaction. Appellant and his companions were arrested and
after a jury trial appellant was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis and both trafficking and conspiracy to traffic
in cocaine. Consecutive mandatory minimum sentences were imposed pursuant to section 893.135, Florida Statutes, for each offense.