CONTREAS FAISON, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
CONTREAS FAISON, APPELLANT,
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
778 So. 2d 447
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2001)
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. “When a defendant in a single act violates the ‘peace and dignity’ of two sovereigns by breaking the laws of each, he has committed two distinct ‘offences.’ ” Heath v. Alabama, 474 U.S. 82, 88, 106 S.Ct. 433, 88 L.Ed.2d 387 (1985)(quoting United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377, 43 S.Ct. 141, 67 L.Ed. 314 (1922)).
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Authorities Cited
- United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377 (U.S. 1922)
- Heath v. Alabama, 474 U.S. 82 (U.S. 1985)