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LAFFERTY v. STATE

No. 2D11-5414.

114 So.3d 1115 (2013)

Adam J. LAFFERTY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

Adam J. Lafferty appeals his judgment and sentence for the third-degree felony of robbery by sudden snatching. He was previously convicted and served his sentence for petit theft for the taking of the items in the victim's purse that was the subject of the robbery by sudden snatching. We agree with Lafferty that double jeopardy principles prohibit his subsequent prosecution for robbery by sudden snatching. Thus, the trial court should have...

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