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ROUGHTON v. STATE

No. SC12-1719.

185 So.3d 1207 (2016)

James Houston ROUGHTON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 25, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, Doris R. Ball , Assistant Public Defender, and Edward J. Weiss , Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; Dawn A. Tiffin , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL; Wesley Harold Heidt , Bureau Chief, and Kellie Anne Nielan , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.

In this case we consider whether dual convictions for capital sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation based on a single act violate the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy. Our analysis turns on the rule of construction in section 775.021(4), Florida Statutes (2008), regarding "separate criminal offenses" "committed...

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