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Adams v. State

Citations

  • 750 So. 2d 659
  • 1999 WL 966743

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  • holding that \court can only decline to enter a PRR sentence when it imposes a harsher HFO sentence\
  • holding that \court can only decline to enter a PRR sentence when it imposes a harsher HFO sentence\
  • holding that \court can only decline to enter a PRR sentence when it imposes a harsher HFO sentence\
  • reasoning that the \imposition of a sentence under both [the prison releasee reoffender and the habitual felony offender] statutes constitutes double jeopardy and is illegal\
  • holding sentence as both prison releasee reoffender and habitual felony offender violates double jeopardy
  • 30 year sentence under HFO could not validly be imposed whereby first 15 years is required to be served under PRR; combined sentence was violation of Double Jeopardy

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Judges: Warner

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