STATE v. SUAREZ

No. 86-2991.

510 So.2d 643 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Manuel SUAREZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Robert H. Carlton of Robert H. Carlton, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


HALL, Judge.

The state appeals the sentence of the appellee, Manuel Suarez, contending that the trial court erred when it found substantial assistance and mitigated the sentence imposed on Suarez without a motion from the state attorney. We agree.

Suarez entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charges of possession, delivery, and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine with the understanding that a substantial assistance agreement had been worked out with the state...

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