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SUGGS v. STATE

No. 4D08-2913.

72 So.3d 145 (2011)

Calvin Earl SUGGS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Opinion Denying Rehearing En Banc October 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

GERBER, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of four counts of "written threat to kill or do bodily injury" for sending two letters, each of which threatened the same two persons. The defendant argues that his convictions violate the double jeopardy clause.1 More specifically, he argues that the "allowable unit of prosecution" for the charge should be the number of letters or communications sent...

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