Legal Opinion

Rogers v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 9, 1995No. 94-2252Published

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Rogers appeals from a judgment adjudicating him guilty and sentencing him for grand theft of a motor vehicle. He argues double jeopardy1 bars his conviction and sentence for this case. We disagree and affirm.

In an earlier proceeding, Rogers entered into a plea agreement with the state to plead guilty to unrelated counts in exchange for the state nolle prossing a count for selling, possessing, offering, concealing or disposing of a motor vehicle with no serial number.2 Although the record in this case is not clear on this point, for purposes of this appeal we will assume that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Sirmons v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  5. Von Deck v. EvanderDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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