James WILLIAMS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
*756 Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Defendant seeks review of his conviction of possession and sale of marijuana. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to strike testimony which the state had failed to disclose prior to trial and that the imposition of two concurrent five year sentences for sale and possession of marijuana was error. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Defendant sold Eddie Walker, a police informant, one baggie of marijuana. Based on this one transaction, defendant was charged with 1) possession and 2) sale of marijuana.
The marijuana was analyzed and weighed several months before trial and the weight reported as 24 grams including stems, seeds and mature stalks. After this laboratory report was given to the defense in pretrial discovery, the Florida Supreme Court decided in Purifoy v. State,
A review of the entire record affirmatively shows defendant was not prejudiced. Richardson v. State,
Appellant's second contention, that the imposition of two concurrent five-year sentences for sale and possession of marijuana was error, is correct. Appellant was charged with two violations of Section 893.13, Florida Statutes (1977): (1) possession, and (2) sale of marijuana. He was convicted of both charges and sentenced to five years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. The record shows that defendant was convicted for the sale and possession of the same substance. This was error. Defendant should be sentenced only for the higher of the two offenses, i.e., the sale. Drayton v. State,
We have considered all other points raised by the defendant and do not find them meritorious.
*757 The judgment is affirmed; the sentence for possession is vacated.
ROBERT L. SMITH, Jr., Acting C.J., and BOOTH and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.
