DENCIL LEE CHAPMAN, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court affirmed dual convictions for cocaine trafficking and simple possession, holding that the legislature intended separate punishments for these offenses arising from the same criminal episode.
Dual convictions for cocaine trafficking and simple possession arising from the same criminal episode do not violate double jeopardy principles because the legislature intended separate punishments.
Tommie Johnson was convicted of violating statutes related to possessing more than twenty-eight grams of cocaine and simple possession. The district c…
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PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969), Hale v. State, 630 So. 2d 521 (Fla.1993), and Wood v. State, 582 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991).
HARRIS, THOMPSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
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- North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (U.S. 1969)
- Hale v. State, 630 So. 2d 521 (Fla. 1993)
- Wood v. State, 582 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)