Rozier v. State

JOANOS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Charles Rozier, challenges his convictions and the sentences imposed for possession of cocaine and possession of the same cocaine in a county jail. The issue is whether double jeopardy principles prohibit the dual convictions and sentences in this case. We reverse.

The operative facts are undisputed. On March 26, 1991, one week before his arrest for the subject offenses, appellant was issued a trespass warning by the Griffin Heights Apartments. On April 5, 1991, an officer on duty at the apartments observed appellant with three or four friends, as they were about…