Legal Opinion

Valentin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 28, 2000No. 2D98-4361PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Nicholas Valentin, pro se, appeals his judgments and sentences for fifteen counts of drug-related offenses. We affirm, without comment, the judgments in fourteen of the counts against Valentin.1 We reverse count sixteen because it punishes the same crime as count eighteen. 'Further, upon remand, we direct the trial court to reeon-sider Valentin’s sentences in light of Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000), revised by 759 So.2d 620 (Fla.2000).

Valentin argues that his convictions in count sixteen and count eighteen violate the constitutional prohibition against…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Heggs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Trapp v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  4. Gibbs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Perez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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