COFFIELD v. STATE

No. 4D02-2248.

872 So.2d 430 (2004)

Benjamin COFFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

Coffield was convicted on two counts of lewd and lascivious battery. The record, however, does not support adjudication on separate counts because of the manner in which each act occurred in the course of a single sexual assault. Therefore, Coffield's convictions on the two counts constituted a double jeopardy violation.

The evidence reflects that the thirteen year old victim met the twenty two year old defendant earlier in the day at a park. The...

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