Psihogios v. State

STONE, Judge.

The appellant bought and received a single cocaine rock from an undercover deputy. He was charged, in separate counts, with the purchase and with the possession of a controlled substance. The defendant entered a plea to both crimes, reserving the right to appeal the issue of whether separate convictions and sentences may be entered for both the purchase and the possession of the same controlled substance by a single act committed at the same time and place.

The double jeopardy clauses of the Federal and Florida constitutions prohibit the imposition of multiple punishments for a…