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Lundy v. State

Citations

  • 596 So. 2d 1167
  • 1992 WL 63110

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  • holding that double jeopardy clause prohibited convictions for trafficking in cocaine found in one container and possessing cocaine found in another
  • holding that a defendant may not be charged with two separate offenses premised on two amounts of cocaine, one found in a box and one found in a bag, located in the passenger compartment of the defendant's vehicle
  • describing how multiple instances of contempt can be “continuous” and therefore subject to only one sanction
  • rejecting the State's contention that Lundy committed two possession offenses when the quantity of cocaine found in his car was divided into two units in separate containers
  • double jeopardy clause prohibited convictions for trafficking in cocaine in a box and possession of cocaine in a bag in the passenger compartment of a car, as the element of possession is required for the proof of each crime

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Judges: Stone

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