Legal Opinion

Adkins v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 5, 1976No. Y-506PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Homer Adkins, seeks reversal of his concurrent sentences of one year upon three counts of assault and battery on the ground that such sentences are cumulative and in violation of the single transaction rule. An accused, upon conviction, may be sentenced for each such offense, when violence was offered to three persons, regardless of whether such criminal conduct may be said to have occurred within a single criminal episode. Rodgers v. State, 325 So.2d 48 (Fla.App.2 1975), and Robinson v. State, 323 So.2d 62 (Fla. App.l 1975).

Appellant Adkins also contends…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. Robinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  3. Rodgers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  4. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Dion v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Hardwick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  3. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983

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