BURKE v. STATE

No. 84-1198.

475 So.2d 252 (1985)

Ronnie James BURKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and David A. Henson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary W. Tinsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from convictions for three counts of uttering forged bills.

Appellant gave his landlord three one-dollar bills which had been altered by pasting the corners of twenty-dollar bills upon the corners of the one-dollar bills. The three bills were given simultaneously for rent. It is our conclusion that this transaction is a single criminal act and appellant can be convicted only once. Therefore, two of the three convictions are reversed...

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