Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

Sapp v. State

Sapp v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 7, 1998 · Larry, Miner, Smith, Webster
732 So. 2d 333; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 12444; 1998 WL 689687 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Sapp v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Kenneth Sapp, was convicted by a jury of burglary of a conveyance and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer. The trial court sentenced him to consecutive terms of ten years on each charge as an habitual offender. We find that the sentences should not have been imposed consecutively, as the offenses arose out of a single criminal episode. See Hale v. *334State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla.), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 909, 115 S.Ct. 278, 130 L.Ed.2d 195 (1994). Accordingly, we affirm the convictions but reverse the sentences and remand this case to the trial court for resentencing in accordance with Hale.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.

MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., and SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge, concur.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.