Legal Opinion

Forney v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 27, 1995No. 94-02567PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Judge.

In this Anders1 appeal, we find no reversible error as to the appellant's convictions for second-degree murder, burglary of a dwelling with an assault or battery, and robbery. Therefore, we affirm the convictions. However, we reverse and remand for resentenc-ing. The trial court sentenced the appellant to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for the murder and the burglary, and to a consecutive prison term of thirty years for the robbery. It was improper to impose a consecutive sentence for the robbery since the offenses occurred during a single criminal episode. See Hale v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hale v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  3. Reyes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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