PASTOR v. STATE

No. 69879.

521 So.2d 1079 (1988)

Jose PASTOR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon A. Sale and Benedict P. Kuehne of Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat & Sale, P.A., Miami, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


KOGAN, Justice.

Jose Pastor petitions this Court to review his sentence for trafficking in cocaine. The Fourth District Court of Appeal, Pastor v. State, 498 So.2d 962 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), certified to this Court the following question of great public importance:

May the quantity of drugs involved in a crime be a proper reason to support departure from the sentencing guidelines?

Id. at 965. We have...

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