Dukes v. State

142 So. 3d 881, 2014 WL 1491108, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5622

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Harold T. Dukes, Jr., appeals his convictions and sentences for false imprisonment, sex trafficking, unlawfully obtaining labor or services, and forcing, compelling, or coercing another to become a prostitute. Under the facts of this ease, we agree that his convictions for both sex trafficking, a violation of section 796.045, Florida Statutes (2010),¹ and forcing, compelling or coercing another to become a prostitute, a violation of section 796.04(1), Florida Statutes (2010), violated double jeopardy. Dukes’s conviction of the lesser crime of forcing, compelling, or coercing another to become a prostitute must be vacated.

In all other respects, we affirm Dukes’s convictions and sentences.

AFFIRMED in part; VACATED in part.

ORFINGER, BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

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. Section 796.045, Florida Statutes (2010), was repealed, effective July 1, 2012. See Ch.2012-97, § 8, at 9, Laws of Fla.