Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

Robinson v. State

Robinson v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 20, 1996 · Allen, Mickle, Webster
679 So. 2d 315; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8791; 1996 WL 468790 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Robinson v. State

Opinion of the Court

ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant challenges judgments of convictions and sentences imposed for several offenses involving a firearm. Because all of the offenses were committed with the same firearm during a single criminal episode, State v. Stearns, 645 So.2d 417 (Fla. 1994), precludes the conviction for carrying a concealed firearm. However, the various other offenses encompass conduct which would be criminal without regard to the existence of a firearm, and Allen v. State, 671 So.2d 233 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. granted, No. 87,941 (Fla. 1996), establishes that the Steams prohibition against convicting and sentencing for multiple crimes involving a firearm and arising out of the same criminal episode thus does not apply to these offenses. Accordingly, the appellant’s conviction for carrying a concealed firearm is reversed and the sentence pertaining thereto is vacated, but the challenged orders are otherwise affirmed.

WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.

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