STATE v. VALDES

No. 2D01-4834.

842 So.2d 859 (2003)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Reinaldo VALDES, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

John Thor White, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


GREEN, OLIVER L., Senior Judge.

The State appeals the downward departure sentence imposed on Reinaldo Valdes, Jr., for two counts of possession of cocaine and two counts of possession of marijuana. Because the trial court's stated reason for departure is invalid, we reverse.

The State charged Valdes with two counts of possession of cocaine and two counts of possession of marijuana. Valdes filed motions to suppress the drugs seized from him, contending that...

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