LOUISGESTE v. STATE

No. 96-3070.

706 So.2d 29 (1998)

Jacques LOUISGESTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Christine Sciarrino, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, Judge.

Appellant, Jacques Louisgeste, appeals his sentence on two counts of trafficking in cocaine claiming that the trial court improperly imposed a mandatory minimum sentence unauthorized by section 893.135(1)(b)1 a, Florida Statutes (1995). Further, appellant contests the imposition of public defender fees, interpreter fees and a $2 special assessment fee. We find that the trial court erred in sentencing appellant to a mandatory minimum term inconsistent...

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