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667 So. 2d 437

Docket No. 95-04460.

Benjamin v. State

John Lester BENJAMIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 24, 1996.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1996-01-24

Relies on Sowashee Venture v. EB, Inc. · 630 So. 2d 521 - Hale v. State · Jackson v. State

Decided 1996-01-24

¶1PER CURIAM.

¶2John Lester Benjamin appeals the summary denial of his postconviction motion. It is asserted that the imposition of a six-year sentence of incarceration as a habitual offender and a consecutive sentence of four years' probation as a habitual offender is improper under the dictates of Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla. 1993), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 115 S.Ct. 278, 130 L.Ed.2d 195 (1994). Benjamin's argument is well-taken as the prohibition against consecutive habitual offender sentences applies to a sentence of imprisonment on one count, followed by a term of probation on another count arising from a single criminal episode. See Jackson v. State, 662 So.2d 738 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Taylor v. State, 658 So.2d 635 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Green v. State, 643 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).

¶3As a probationary sentence cannot be imposed concurrently with a prison term, upon resentencing, if the court decides to impose a term of incarceration for the offense of possession of burglary tools, that sentence must be made to run concurrently with the six-year habitual offender sentence.

¶4Reversed and remanded for resentencing.

¶5DANAHY, A.C.J., and PATTERSON and QUINCE, JJ., concur.

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