Florida’s First DCA vacates more convictions for double jeopardy

May 6, 2019, 8:10 pm

We previously mentioned that after a Florida Supreme Court case (Lee v. State, 258 So. 3d 1297 (Fla. 2018)) ruled that multiple convictions for solicitation, unlawful use of a two-way communications device, and traveling which were based upon the same conduct violates double jeopardy, people were successful in getting their convictions (for the count that violated double jeopardy, not their entire cases) vacated.

While it doesn’t vacate the entire case or impact registration (one count is sufficient to require registration), having part of a sentence vacated can potentially result in less time and looks better “on paper” when it comes to seeking other relief.

Last week two more plaintiff’s got relief in the 1st District Court of Appeal (PASICOLAN and COFFEY).

The relief is not news to anyone who regularly reads our site, but the relevance of this post is that even after this has been the law of the state, registrants who are in this situation who seek relief are still losing at the trial court level and having to appeal – a costly and time consuming step which many can’t afford and many who fail at the circuit court might just give up. At least these two individuals show us there’s a pay off to persistence and we applaud them from getting some justice from the “justice system”.

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