Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 7, 2012No. 1D11-1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant was convicted for four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. All counts arose out of a single event during which Appellant possessed four different firearms. Appellant argues, and the State concedes, that the convictions violate double jeopardy principles. See Hill v. State, 711 So.2d 1221, 1224-25 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998) (holding that “the prohibition against double jeopardy precludes more than one conviction for the possession at the same time of multiple firearms by a convicted felon”); see also Owens v. State, 681 So.2d 1194, 1194 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996) (reversing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Plowman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Owens v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Greenlee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  2. Verenzo Cartrell Green v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  3. Verenzo Cartrell Green v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015

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