STATE v. ROPER

Nos. 5D04-3317, 5D04-3318.

915 So.2d 622 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Nathaniel ROPER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, and Elizabeth C. King, Attorney, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Thomas J. Lukashow, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


MONACO, J.

This appeal causes us to examine section 948.20, Florida Statutes (2004), concerning the imposition by the trial court of a placement for drug offender probation for crimes involving the delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or deliver. Because the statute does not authorize such a placement for these offenses, we conclude that the trial court erred.

The appellee, Nathaniel Roper, pled guilty...

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