MENDEL v. STATE

No. 87-1924.

535 So.2d 695 (1988)

James MENDEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Mendel, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Appellant, James Mendel, was found guilty of possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Although the guidelines scoresheet showed the sentencing range to be any nonstate prison sanction, the court departed and sentenced appellant to serve five years in prison on the cocaine count and fifteen years on the firearm count, consecutive. Appellant argues that the trial court used improper reasons to support...

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