Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Washington v. State

Washington v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 29, 1999 · Ervin, Lawrence, Padovano
745 So. 2d 1050; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14313; 1999 WL 979450 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Washington v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction for trafficking in excess of twenty-eight grams of cocaine. The weight of the cocaine was a question for the jury. As the state concedes, however, the defendant cannot be convicted of both trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to sell if the two offenses arose out of the same criminal episode. See Johnson v. State, 712 So.2d 380 (Fla. 1998). Accordingly, we remand the case to the trial court with instructions to vacate the defendant’s conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to sell, and to resentence the defendant on the trafficking conviction.

ERVIN, LAWRENCE and PADOVANO, JJ„ CONCUR.

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