Jerry v. State
Opinion
We have for review Jerry v. State, 732 So.2d 500 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), a decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal af[319] firming on the authority of its opinion in Maddox v. State, 708 So.2d 617 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), approved in part, disapproved in part, 760 So.2d 89 (Fla.2000). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So.2d 418, 420 (Fla.1981). Jerry received a five-year habitual offender sentence for possession of cocaine. A habitual offender sentence for possession of cocaine is expressly prohibited by statute. See Maddox v. State, 760 So.2d 89, 102 (Fla.2000). In accordance with our decision in Maddox, we quash the decision below and remand for further proceedings in light of that opinion.1
It is so ordered.
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