COWARD v. STATE

No. 4D05-3680.

944 So.2d 532 (2006)

James COWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John M. Conway, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of possession of cocaine and two counts of sale of cocaine within 1000 feet of a school. He argues that his convictions for two counts on both charges, rather than one, violate double jeopardy. We agree that he can be convicted of only one count of possession, because the same cocaine was involved. He also argues that the state failed to prove that the sales had occurred within 1000 feet of a school, because there...

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