Legal Opinion

Barge v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 5, 2001No. SC00-1352PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

We have for review Barge v. State, 763 So.2d 1239 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). We have *973jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Barge challenges his sentences under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act (“the Act”), the habitual violent felony offender statute, and the habitual felony offender statute. The imposition of equal, concurrent sentences under the Act, the habitual violent felony offender statute, and the habitual felony offender statute does not violate principles of double jeopardy; it does, however, violate the Act itself. See Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655, 657-59 (Fla.2000).…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. CottonSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Ellis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. McKnight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. Barge v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ducksworth v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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