Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 2, 1999No. 98-04396PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

755 So.2d 678 (1999)

Joel Don ADAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 98-04396.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 2, 1999.

2Per curiam

In 1982 the trial court imposed a series of consecutive sentences upon Joel Don Adams totalling 195 years for his participation in the robbery, abduction, rape and attempted murder of a clerk at a retail establishment. In 1998 he questioned, by motion to correct sentence and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800, the propriety of the trial court's decision to stack several three-year minimum mandatory sentences for firearm possession,[1]…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hale v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  2. Palmer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. State v. CallawaySupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. State v. MancinoSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  5. Callaway v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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4Cited by13 opinions

  1. Valdes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. West v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  4. Young v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  5. Allen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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