Single Transaction Doctrine

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• Cone v. State
  285 So. 2d 12· Fla.· 1973-03-07 ·cited 159×
  The Florida Supreme Court reviewed whether the trial court properly imposed separate concurrent sentences for armed robbery and displaying/using a firearm during the robbery. The court held that because both offenses were facets of the same criminal transaction, only the sentence
• Brown v. State
  430 So. 2d 446· Fla.· 1983-04-14 ·cited 88×
  Jimmy Brown was convicted of two counts of robbery after taking money from two separate cash registers at a Family Dollar Store. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, holding that multiple robberies can be committed against a single owner when there are successive, distinct forcefu
• Morena Williams v. State
  187 So. 2d 913· Fla. 3d DCA· 1966-05-31 ·cited 27×
  Williams and Osman appealed their convictions for violating lottery laws following a non-jury trial. The appellate court affirmed their convictions on felony charges but reversed and remanded the sentencing on misdemeanor counts, finding those counts constituted the same transact
• Martin v. State
  251 So. 2d 283· Fla. 1st DCA· 1971-08-17 ·cited 26×
  The court held that imposing sentences for both possession and sale of drugs arising from the same transaction is improper, and only one sentence should be imposed on the highest offense.
• Jacobs v. Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
  224 F.2d 412· 9th Cir.· 1955-06-28 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the transaction was a single sale of land in the ordinary course of business, not a sale of stock, and that the taxpayer's election to report income in a specific year was binding.
• Kish v. State
  198 So. 2d 639· Fla. 3d DCA· 1967-05-09 ·cited 18×
  The court affirmed the convictions, finding no merit in the appellant's presented points of error.
• State v. Peavey
  326 So. 2d 461· Fla. 2d DCA· 1975-12-10 ·cited 17×
  The dismissal of a first information, which was voluntarily dismissed by the state before jeopardy attached, does not bar the state from filing a second information for the same offense based on different evidence.
• Rodgers v. State
  325 So. 2d 48· Fla. 2d DCA· 1975-12-03 ·cited 16×
  Ronald Rodgers was convicted on nine counts for his participation in a jewelry store robbery, hostage-taking, and related offenses. The Florida appellate court affirmed most convictions but vacated the verdicts on Counts 5 and 6 because the jury instruction on lesser-included off
• Joseph v. State
  316 So. 2d 585· Fla. 4th DCA· 1975-07-31 ·cited 14×
  Leonard Joseph was convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit robbery, robbery, and larceny of a motor vehicle, and sentenced to life imprisonment on the first two counts and five years on the third, all consecutive. On appeal, Joseph challenged the trial court's or
• United States v. Ortiz-Martinez
  557 F.2d 214· 9th Cir.· 1977-07-13 ·cited 10×
  Consecutive sentencing for violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and 8 U.S.C. § 1326 in a single transaction is not appropriate without clear congressional intent.
• Farmer v. State
  315 So. 2d 225· Fla. 2d DCA· 1975-06-25 ·cited 10×
  Milton Farmer was convicted of attempted armed robbery, possession of a firearm while committing a felony, and conspiracy. The Florida appellate court affirmed the convictions but vacated the sentence because the trial court imposed a single general sentence for multiple offenses
• Warren v. State
  266 So. 2d 114· Fla. 1st DCA· 1972-08-31 ·cited 8×
  Timothy Warren appealed his conviction for possession and sale of a barbiturate. The Florida appellate court identified two errors: the trial court's imposition of separate sentences for possession and sale (a single transaction), and, more critically, the trial court's failure t
• Rosier v. State
  343 So. 2d 972· Fla. 1st DCA· 1977-03-29 ·cited 6×
  Appellant's conviction on five counts of manslaughter by culpable negligence arising from a single automobile collision was affirmed, with the court holding that separate sentences for crimes against multiple victims are permissible even when committed in a single transaction, bu
• O'Neal v. State
  323 So. 2d 685· Fla. 2d DCA· 1975-12-17 ·cited 6×
  Appellant O'Neal challenges whether the trial court properly imposed three separate sentences for robberies of three victims occurring during one criminal episode. The court holds that multiple sentences for robberies of different victims are permissible even if part of a single
• Ford Allen Carr v. State
  264 So. 2d 871· Fla. 1st DCA· 1972-08-01 ·cited 6×
  Appellant's conviction for possession and delivery of LSD was affirmed, but the trial court's imposition of two concurrent sentences was reversed because both crimes constituted a single transaction under Florida law, requiring only one sentence.
• Solomon Harris v. State
  358 So. 2d 858· Fla. 4th DCA· 1978-05-16 ·cited 4×
  Appellant's conviction for both possession and delivery of heroin in a single transaction was error; only the higher offense (delivery) could be sentenced under pre-statute law, so the possession sentence was set aside.
• Jackson v. State
  293 So. 2d 136· Fla. 3d DCA· 1974-04-16 ·cited 4×
  Florida appellate court affirmed convictions for receiving stolen property and uttering a forged instrument but vacated sentences because multiple counts arising from a single transaction cannot result in concurrent sentences for each count, and probationary periods cannot follow
• United States v. Robbin Lee Coleman
  707 F.2d 374· 9th Cir.· 1983-05-16 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the defendant's trial counsel was not ineffective and that consecutive sentences for making and transferring a destructive device were permissible.
• Dywain A. Frederick v. State
  639 So. 2d 1047· Fla. 5th DCA· 1994-07-08
  Court affirmed robbery and aggravated battery convictions but reversed consecutive mandatory minimum sentences, holding that two three-year mandatory minimums arising from one transaction with one victim must run concurrently, not consecutively.
• Mercer Scott v. State
  358 So. 2d 266· Fla. 3d DCA· 1978-05-09
  Mercer Scott appeals a fifteen-year sentence imposed upon revocation of his probation for drug offenses. The Third District Court of Appeal vacates the sentence on the ground that it was an improper general sentence, and remands for resentencing, while rejecting Scott's argument