HOYTE v. STATE

No. 86-1393.

518 So.2d 975 (1988)

Joan Elethia HOYTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Brad Permar, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.

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


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant challenges her sentence for possession of cannabis. Specifically, she argues that the trial court erred when it departed from the recommended guidelines sentence.

Appellant, a Jamaican citizen, arrived at Tampa International Airport from Jamaica on August 28, 1985. Police observed her abandoning a suitcase with her name on it. Their check of the suitcase revealed 21 pounds of marijuana wrapped in brown paper, covered in carbon paper...

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