Legal Opinion

Lopez-Valente v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 9, 2007No. 5D06-3269PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtEvander, J.

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion and supplemental motion for post-conviction relief. These motions were filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to all the issues raised by appellant except for his double jeopardy claim.

Appellant was charged in two separate cases with trafficking in cocaine. The information in each case alleged the offense had occurred on March 30, 2005, in Volusia County, Florida. Appellant entered a no contest plea to both charges. He was sentenced to a fifteen-year term in prison in each case, to be served concurrently.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Novaton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  3. Carpenter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  4. Barfield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Walter Palmer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018

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