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McGauley v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 16, 1994
632 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 92-3481.

March 16, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Barry E. Goldstein, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Dawn S. Wynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The appellant was tried by jury on a three count information alleging two misdemeanors, possession of marijuana and resisting arrest without violence, and one felony, possession of cocaine. Appellant was convicted of the two misdemeanors and acquitted on the felony charge. The trial judge imposed consecutive one year sentences in the Broward County Jail on each misdemeanor conviction with credit for 220 days time served. The sentences were not a part of the disposition of any other pending charges and the charges all stemmed from the same incident.

The state concedes that the trial court's sentence was legally impermissible. The Florida Supreme Court ruled in Singleton v. State, 554 So.2d 1162 (Fla. 1990), that consecutive county jail sentences that cumulatively exceed one year may be imposed only when the imposition occurs in separate sentencings for unrelated convictions.

We reverse and remand with directions that the sentences be modified to run concurrently.

HERSEY, POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

McGauley v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 16, 1994
632 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
Case details for

McGauley v. State

Case Details

Full title:SHEDRICK McGAULEY, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 16, 1994

Citations

632 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

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