Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 18, 2000No. 2D99-1017PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. CottonSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Grant v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. Adams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  4. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  5. Spratling v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Durr v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Crossley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  4. Jones v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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