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Donovan v. State

Citations

  • 572 So. 2d 522
  • 1990 WL 179049

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  • holding that defendant could not be convicted of both organized fraud and theft for same act without double jeopardy violation, for elements of theft are all included in elements of organized fraud
  • holding that double jeopardy was violated where “[t]he elements of theft are all included in the elements of organized fraud even though identical terminology is not used in the two statutes”
  • holding that double jeopardy was violated where “[t]he elements of theft are all included in the elements of organized fraud even though identical terminology is not used in the two statutes”
  • holding defendant’s convictions for organized fraud, forgery, and uttering false instruments were proper, but that he cannot also be lawfully convicted of theft
  • reversing where the State “unjustifiably tried to chop various components of a single pattern into separate patterns”
  • reversal of convictions for lesser offenses allows for resentencing on the greater offense

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Judges: W. Sharp

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