Brown v. State

Full title: Matthew Sean BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 11, 2009

17 So. 3d 346 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 5D08-2525.

September 11, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County, Scott Polodna, Judge.

Paula C. Coffman, Orlando, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carmen F. Corrente, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Valdes v. State, 3 So.3d 1067 (Fla. 2009) (holding statutory exception to Blockburger ¹ "same elements" test set forth at section 775.012(4)(b)2., Florida Statutes, prohibits separate convictions for crimes arising from same criminal transaction only when criminal statute itself provides for offense with multiple degrees).

1 Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932).

PALMER, ORFINGER and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.