Burrell v. State

This appeal follows our opinion in Burrell v. State, 601 So.2d 628 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Appellant had been adjudicated guilty and sentenced for both dealing in stolen property and grand theft. Only one adjudication and sentence is proper when these two charges stem from a single “scheme or course of conduct.” Rife v. State, 446 So.2d 1157 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); § 812.025, Fla. Stat. (1991).

After remand the trial court vacated the sentence imposed for grand theft, but left standing the conviction. This decision, which is not in compliance with our mandate, appears to have been motivated by a…