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Fox v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Feb 4, 2005
892 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 5D04-2767.

February 4, 2005.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County, Robert K. Mathis, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Kevin R. Holtz, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Celeste May Fox, Ocala, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.


Defense counsel has dropped a footnote in its Anders brief to say that Celeste May Fox's ["Fox"] sentences for grand theft and dealing in stolen property violate double jeopardy because they arose from the same course of conduct, citing Hall v. State, 826 So.2d 268 (Fla. 2002). In Barfield v. State, 871 So.2d 929 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004), however, we observed:

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); In re: Anders Briefs, 581 So.2d 149 (Fla. 1991).

In the instant case, it is the lack of record evidence that [Defendant's] convictions for dealing in stolen property and grand theft arose from the same scheme or course of conduct that creates the true impediment to [Defendant's] argument on appeal.

Id. at 931. This case, like Barfield, involves a plea and the circumstances of the offences are not clear from the record. More important, unlike Barfield and Hall, Fox entered into a detailed plea agreement with the State that included both convictions. See Barfield, 871 So.2d at 930. Hall v. State, 767 So.2d 560, 561 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

AFFIRMED.

THOMPSON and TORPY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Fox v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Feb 4, 2005
892 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)
Case details for

Fox v. State

Case Details

Full title:Celeste May FOX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Feb 4, 2005

Citations

892 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

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