Nash v. State

Nash appeals on double jeopardy grounds the convictions and sentences for armed robbery and grand theft rendered in the Broward County Circuit Court. We reverse.

Nash stole, at knifepoint, an automobile in Broward County and drove the vehicle into Palm Beach County. He was arrested, charged, convicted and sentenced for grand theft in Palm Beach County. Broward County then charged Nash with armed robbery and grand theft for the theft of the same automobile. The record does not disclose why the State Attorneys’ Office for Palm Beach County did not confer with the Broward County State Attorney…