Legal Opinion

Dimatteo v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 18, 1997No. 96-3136Published

1Opinion of the Court

PARIENTE, Judge.

Defendant, based on a single incident, was charged in one count with burglary with a battery and in a second count with aggravated battery. The jury found defendant guilty of the lesser included burglary (without a battery) in Count I, and guilty as charged in Count II. DiMatteo was sentenced on each count to 56 months in prison followed by one year probation, with the sentences to run concurrently. DiMatteo argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him based on verdicts that he claims are legally inconsistent, relying on this court’s decision in Sgroi v. State, 634…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sgroi v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. Collins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Fayson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  4. Thornton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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