JONES v. STATE

No. 5D13-30.

134 So.3d 535 (2014)

Victor JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

Appellant, Victor Jones ["Jones"], appeals his convictions for kidnapping with intent to commit bodily harm or terrorize and false imprisonment. On appeal, Jones argues for the first time that the dual convictions violate double jeopardy. Under the facts of this case, we agree that the act of restraining the victim during the attack was part of the same criminal episode out of which the kidnapping charge and conviction arose. Accordingly, we vacate the...

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