Inglis v. State, 88-1735
| Decision Date | 03 August 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. 88-1735,88-1735 |
| Citation | 547 So.2d 702,14 Fla. L. Weekly 1839 |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
| Parties | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1839 Bernardin INGLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and James R. Wulchak, Chief, Appellate Div., Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
Inglis appeals from an order denying his post-conviction motion to vacate his judgment and sentence for the sale of cocaine after he had completed serving his sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to sell. 1 The trial court had sentenced Inglis to eighteen months in prison for the possession count, and three years of probation on the sale count, to run consecutive to the prison sentence. Both counts involved the identical quantum of cocaine. On the authority of State v. Smith, 547 So.2d 613 (Fla.1989), we reverse.
In Smith, the Florida Supreme Court held that (1) Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla.1987) has been overridden by the 1988 amendment to section 775.021(4), 2 but that (2) the override will not be retroactively applied to offenses committed before the effective date of the amendment (July 1, 1988). In addition, the court approved the decision of the Second District in Gordon v. State, 528 So.2d 910 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), which reversed Gordon's convictions for both the sale and possession of the same "rock" of cocaine. The court relied on Carawan in holding that the dual convictions based on the same underlying act constituted error.
This case also involves the same cocaine for both offenses. They were committed on March 24, 1987, before the effective date of the amendment. In addition, at the time of sentencing (January 8, 1988), Carawan had been decided. Thus, authority existed for the trial court to vacate one of the two convictions. Because the dual sentences as imposed were illegal pursuant to Carawan, this motion for post-conviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 was proper. Therefore we reverse the order denying Inglis' motion and remand with instructions to vacate the judgment and sentence for the sale of cocaine.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
1 Both offenses constitute a violation of section 893.13(1)(a)1. Fla.Stat. (1987).
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