Jones v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.
Keith Edward Jones appeals three consecutive sentences, each of fifteen years’ imprisonment, as a habitual felony offender and a prison releasee reoffender. We affirm.
Mr. Jones was convicted of three counts of lewd and lascivious act on a child. Each count involved a separate victim and a different act. Although all three crimes occurred at the same beach on the same day, the offenses were sufficiently distinct to permit the imposition of consecutive habitual felony offender sentences. See Spratling v. State, 672 So.2d 54 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Smith v. State, 632…
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- Grant v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
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- Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Spratling v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
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