Albert A. Dobrowolski v. State

192 So. 3d 708, 2016 WL 3127667, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8463, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1328

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 3, 2016
• Docket: 5D15-2740
• Status: Published

Opinion

WALLIS, J.

Albert Anthony Dobrowolski (“Appellant”) appeals his convictions for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, dealing in stolen property, and grand theft. After trial, the jury found Appellant guilty on all counts. The trial court sentenced Appellant to three concurrent incarceration terms: 30 years, with a 15-year minimum-mandatory prison releasee reoffender sentence (burglary of a dwelling); 10 years (grand theft); and 30 years (dealing in stolen property).

The State properly concedes that Appellant’s dual convictions for grand theft and dealing in stolen property violate section 812.025, Florida Statutes (2014), which provides:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single indictment or information may, under proper circumstances, charge theft and dealing in stolen property in connection with one scheme or course of conduct in separate counts that may be consolidated for trial, but the trier of fact may return a guilty verdict on one or the other, but not both, of the counts.

Because the trial court convicted Appellant for offenses which occurred in the same scheme or course of conduct, in violation of section 812.025, we vacate the lesser conviction for grand theft. See Melendez v. State, 135 So.3d 456, 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014). We affirm in all other respects.

AFFIRMED in part; VACATED in part.

COHEN and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.