HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., A JAPANESE CORPORATION AND HONDA R & D CO., LTD., A JAPANESE CORPORATION, APPELLANTS,
v.
BARBARA A. STEARNS, F/K/A BARBARA A. SANCLIMENTI; SEBASTIAN L. "JOHN" SANCLIMENTI, HER HUSBAND; AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION AND TOKAM, INC., D/B/A HONDA KEY WEST, INC., APPELLEES
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The Florida Supreme Court held that a defendant cannot be convicted and sentenced for both armed burglary and carrying a concealed weapon when both offenses arise from the same criminal episode and involve the same weapon, due to double jeopardy principles.
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the district court's decision, holding that double jeopardy principles bar convictions for both armed burglary and carrying a concealed weapon when they arise from the same criminal episode and involve the same weapon.
Richard T. Stearns, Jr. was convicted of armed burglary, grand theft, and carrying a concealed weapon while committing grand theft. The district court…
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk, 486 U.S. 694, 108 S.Ct. 2104, 100 L.Ed.2d 722 (1988); McHugh v. Kenyon, 547 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 557 So. 2d 866 (Fla.1989).
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- Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk, 486 U.S. 694 (U.S. 1988)
- McHUGH v. Kenyon, 547 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)