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NORTON v. STATE

No. 98-0443.

731 So.2d 762 (1999)

Britt NORTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

KLEIN, J.

The issue posed by this appeal is whether, after reversal of concurrent sentences, a trial court can impose consecutive sentences. Although some decisions from this court hold that the trial court cannot, regardless of the length of the resentences, those decisions are based on federal law which predated North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S.Ct. 2089, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969). Under Pearce there is no per...

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