STATE v. STEARNS

No. 82826.

645 So.2d 417 (1994)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Richard T. STEARNS, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Robin Compton Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Lyle Hitchens, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent.


HARDING, Justice.

We have for review Stearns v. State, 626 So.2d 254 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), where the district court certified this question as one of great public importance:

WHETHER A DEFENDANT WHO, IN THE COURSE OF ONE CRIMINAL TRANSACTION OR EPISODE, COMMITS AND IS CONVICTED OF BURGLARY OF A STRUCTURE WHILE ARMED AND GRAND THEFT OF PROPERTY FOUND THEREIN MAY, CONSISTENT WITH DOUBLE JEOPARDY PRINCIPLES, ALSO BE...

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