HOPKINS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (95 total)

• State v. Watts, 462 So. 2d 813 (Fla. 1985)
  …s ambiguous with respect to the unit of prosecution and must be treated as a single offense with multiple convictions and punishments being precluded. 450 So. 2d at 482 citing United States v. Rosenbarger, 536 F. 2d 715 (6th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 965, 97 S.Ct. 2920, 53 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1977); United States v. Kinsley, 518 F. 2d 665 (8th Cir.1975). Applying the rationale of Grappin to the instant case, it is apparent that Watt can only be charged with one count of possession of contraband. Watt has…
• Hill v. State, 711 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)
  …s ambiguous with respect to the unit of prosecution and must be treated as a single offense with multiple convictions and punishments being precluded. 450 So. 2d at 482 citing United States v. Rosenbarger, 536 F. 2d 715 (6th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 965, 97 S.Ct. 2920, 53 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1977); United States v. Kinsley, 518 F. 2d 665 (8th Cir.1975). [*1223] Applying the rationale of Grappin to the instant case, it is apparent that Watt [sic] can only be charged with one count of possession of contrab…

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• Grappin v. State, 450 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 1984)
  …to the unit of prosecution and that several firearms taken at the same time must be treated as a single offense with multiple convictions and punishments being precluded. See United States v. Rosenbarger, 536 F. 2d 715 (6th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 965, 97 S.Ct. 2920, 53 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1977); United States v. Kinsley, 518 F. 2d 665 (8th Cir.1975). On the other hand, the phrase “to receive or possess a firearm” has been held to express a legislative intent to allow separate prosecutions for each fir…