Legal Opinion

Anderson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 18, 1983No. Nos. AO-281, AO-282PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZEHMER, Judge.

The issue before us in these consolidated appeals is whether the appellants were placed in double jeopardy in violation of the federal and state Constitutions when they were tried upon an information charging them in one count with possession of a controlled substance1 and in another count with manufacture or possession with intent *238to distribute a controlled substance.2 We hold that appellants’ double jeopardy rights were not violated and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The trial court denied appellants’ motion to dismiss the possession count on double jeopardy grounds,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Beaty v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
  2. In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-12.Supreme Court of Florida · 2019
  3. Armas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  4. Thomas M. Palmer v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  5. Batten v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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