HAROLD T. DUKES, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2014-04-17
No. 5D13-1127
ORFINGER, BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
142 So. 3d 881 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2014)
Topics
Sex Trafficking False Imprisonment Lesser Included Offense Double Jeopardy

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Harold T. Dukes, Jr., appeals his convictions and sentences for false imprison*882ment, sex trafficking, unlawfully obtaining labor or services, and forcing, compelling, or coercing another to become a prostitute. Under the facts of this ease, we agree that his convictions for both sex trafficking, a violation of section 796.045, Florida Statutes (2010),1 and forcing, compelling or coercing another to become a prostitute, a violation of section 796.04(1), Florida Statutes (2010), violated double jeopardy. Dukes’s conviction of the lesser crime of forcing, compelling, or coercing another to become a prostitute must be vacated.

In all other respects, we affirm Dukes’s convictions and sentences.

AFFIRMED in part; VACATED in part.

ORFINGER, BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

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