Robert Velazco v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC20-506 ____________ ROBERT VELAZCO, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. June 30, 2022 POLSTON, J. Petitioner Robert Velazco argues that his convictions for driving under the influence causing damage to property and serious bodily injury to a person under section 316.193(3)(c), Florida Statutes (2014), are degree variants of the same criminal offense so that double jeopardy is violated. We agree. Because the convictions are variants of the same offense under section 775.021(4)(b)2., Florida Statutes (2014), we hold that his dual convictions…