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PETERSON v. STATE

No. 98-01024.

730 So.2d 830 (1999)

Gregory H. PETERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Barreira, Miami, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann Pfeiffer Howe, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

We affirm Gregory Peterson's convictions for possession of a counterfeit controlled substance and sale of such a substance. We comment only on the sentencing procedure in this case. We are concerned that the trial court's procedure of preparing only a sentencing memorandum when imprisonment is not imposed is a very unusual practice that may result in mischief.

At the sentencing hearing on March 6, 1998, the trial court initially...

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