TRAN v. STATE

No. 4D05-3933.

965 So.2d 226 (2007)

Phu TRAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nellie L. King of The Law Offices of Nellie L. King, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Appellant Phu Tran challenges the order of the trial court imposing medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) injections (also known as chemical castration) for a period of five years subsequent to his two consecutive sentences of imprisonment for two separate sexual batteries. The trial court imposed the penalty approximately four months after the sentencing hearing. Because the imposition of the subsequent penalty violates double jeopardy, we reverse.

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