FINLAY v. STATE

No. 82-532.

424 So.2d 967 (1983)

Raul FINLAY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Defendant Finlay appeals his convictions for carrying a concealed firearm, armed burglary, and armed robbery. He received two consecutive life sentences followed by five years' imprisonment. He contends that the court erred in denying his motion to sever the offenses which were neither facets of a single transaction nor connected acts. We agree and reverse.

The charges against Finlay were the result of two incidents occurring eight days apart...

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