Brown v. State

Appellant, Arrington Brown, appeals the trial court’s order summarily denying his timely rule 3.850 motion for postconvietion relief. He claims that his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon pursuant to section 790.23, Florida Statutes (2004), violate the prohibition against double jeopardy. We agree.

This court has held that double jeopardy prohibits convictions for both possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon where the firearm and ammunition were possessed at the…