Legal Opinion

VMS v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 15, 2010No. 4D09-1831Published

1Opinion of the Court

43 So.3d 938 (2010)

V.M.S., a child, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D09-1831.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 15, 2010.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

GROSS, C.J.

We reverse an amended probation order because the trial judge's enhancement of appellant's sentence violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution.

Appellant entered a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Lippman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991

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