JESUS S. DOSAL
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-11-15
No. 18-2245
Zambrano, J., Lambert, J., Eisnaugle, J., Grosshans, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019)

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Holding

Dual convictions for battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child arising from the same conduct violate double jeopardy and the battery conviction must be vacated.


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[1] Dual convictions for battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child arising from the same conduct violate double jeopardy principles and the lesser-included offen…

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Jesus S. Dosal was convicted by jury of battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under twelve years old. The convictions arose from the …

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Opinion of the Court
Grosshans

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JESUS S. DOSAL,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D18-2245

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed November 15, 2019

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Raul A. Zambrano, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marjorie Vincent- Tripp, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Jesus S. Dosal, appeals his judgment and sentence rendered after a jury convicted him of battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under twelve years old. Appellant argues, inter alia, that his dual convictions violate double jeopardy. The State properly concedes error, and we agree. See Fjord v. State, 634 So. 2d 714,

2 715 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). We therefore vacate Appellant’s conviction for battery. We otherwise affirm. AFFIRMED in part; VACATED in part; and REMANDED.

LAMBERT, EISNAUGLE, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


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