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BATTLES v. STATE

No. 84-1751.

482 So.2d 540 (1986)

George BATTLES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Gitlitz, Keegan, & Dittmar and James D. Keegan, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Jacki B. Geartner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Battles challenges concurrent life sentences imposed by the court upon his convictions, following trial, of one count of burglary and two counts of robbery. He contends that (a) life sentences imposed without possibility of parole are so greatly disproportionate to the 15 year sentences offered him in exchange for a guilty plea that they constitute an impermissible penalty on the exercise of his constitutional right to a jury trial; (b) life...

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