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747 So. 2d 1027

Docket No. 98-03255.

Johnson v. State

Robert James JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 22, 1999.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-12-22

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently September 2016

11 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“A violation of double jeopardy constitutes fundamental error which may be raised for the first time on appeal.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Indalesio L. Basaldua v. State

Relies on 724 So. 2d 1176 - Wallace v. State · 730 So. 2d 296 - Bain v. State · 711 So. 2d 633 - Jones v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1999-12-22

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¶1*1028 Gonzalo A. Gayoso, Miami, for Appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy A. Freeland, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

¶3SALCINES, Judge.

¶4Robert James Johnson appeals the multiple convictions imposed for resisting two police officers with violence during a single incident in which the officers were attempting to effectuate an arrest. The State concedes that pursuant to Wallace v. State,724 So.2d 1176 (Fla.1998), Johnson should only have been convicted of one count; however, the State argues that the issue was not preserved for appellate review.

¶5Although counsel did not raise the issue at the trial court level, pursuant to Wallace Johnson could only be convicted of one count of resisting an officer with violence. Under the facts of this case, the two convictions violate the prohibition against double jeopardy and constitute fundamental error. See Jones v. State,711 So.2d 633, 634 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Fundamental error may be raised for the first time on appeal. See Bain v. State,730 So.2d 296, 300-301 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

¶6Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions that the conviction for one count of resisting an officer with violence be vacated. The remaining judgment and sentence is affirmed in all other respects.

¶7Reversed and remanded with directions.

¶8PATTERSON, C.J., and CASANUEVA, J., Concur.

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