LAURENT v. STATE

No. 88-02100.

542 So.2d 1067 (1989)

Rico LAURENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow and Andrea Steffan, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

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


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant raises two points, one of which has merit. The trial court stated two reasons for departing from the recommended guidelines sentence: the quantity of cocaine involved and the fact that defendant is a drug dealer. Appellant correctly asserts that both of those reasons are inherent components of a conviction for attempted trafficking in cocaine and are, therefore, invalid bases for departure. See Atwaters v. State,

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