Bridges v. State
Bridges v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was tried and convicted of two counts of delivery of cocaine
The sentence of fifteen years suspended after completion of probation constitutes a “conditional suspended sentence” as in Bryant v. State, 591 So.2d 1102 (Fla. 5th DCA1992) and is an unauthorized sentencing alternative. Even if construed as a straight term of probation, the penalty is improper because in State v. Kendrick, 596 So.2d 1153 (Fla. 5th DCA1992), review pending, No. 79,953, this court held that the habitual felony offender statute mandates a sentence of a term of years and does not allow imposition of straight probation. Therefore, appellant’s sentences for counts 1 and 3 are reversed and remanded for imposition of legal sentences.
. § 893.13(l)(a)(l), Fla.Stat. (1991).
. § 893.13(l)(f), Fla.Stat. (1991).
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