CORTEZ v. STATE

No. BG-229.

488 So.2d 163 (1986)

Manny Malonzo CORTEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy Mahon, Jr. and Mark Mahon, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

Cortez appeals from a conviction for two counts of possession of controlled substances. He contends the trial court erred in denying his motions for a judgment of acquittal on the cannabis possession count, in departing from the sentencing guidelines, and in denying his motion for a mistrial based on an alleged improper prosecutorial comment. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On 16 April 1984, Cortez was charged by information with trafficking...

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