Hinkle v. State

In 1984, the trial court convicted and sentenced James E. Hinkle for first-degree murder (Count I), attempted first-degree murder with a firearm (Count II), and armed burglary (Count III). This court has twice reversed and remanded Hinkle’s ease for resentencing. See Hinkle v. State, 480 So.2d 206 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985); Hinkle v. State, 705 So.2d 919 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). This appeal results from the second resentencing at which the trial court sentenced Hinkle on Counts II and III to twenty years’ imprisonment to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to the life imprisonment with a…