CHRISTOPHER RANDALL COLE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2019-06-28
No. 18-1689
274 So. 3d 1240 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2019)

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Holding

Convictions for both possessing methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to sell it within a thousand feet of a single proscribed location do not violate double jeopardy.


Headnotes

[1] Multiple convictions for possessing methamphetamine and possessing the same methamphetamine with intent to sell it do not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause.

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Facts & Procedural History

Christopher Randall Cole was convicted of possessing methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to sell it within 1,000 feet of a sing…

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Opinion of the Court

June 28, 2019 PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s convictions and sentences for both possessing methamphetamine, and possessing the same meth with intent to sell it, within a thousand feet of a single proscribed location, do not violate double jeopardy. Thomas v. State, 61 So. 3d 1157 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011); see also Johnson v. State, 150 So. 3d 214, 216 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (collecting cases).

AFFIRMED.

ROBERTS, ROWE, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

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_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.


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