CLARK v. STATE

No. 4D03-3426.

920 So.2d 634 (2005)

Willie Lee CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna M. Hoffmann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

Clark was convicted and sentenced for both escape and resisting arrest without violence. The state relied on the same conduct to support both counts. We conclude that the conviction for resisting arrest without violence is not a violation of the double jeopardy clauses of the Florida and United States Constitutions, and affirm.

The record reflects that a deputy sheriff found Clark sitting in a parked vehicle and advised him that he was under arrest...

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