MATTHEW JOSEPH DETTLE v. State of Florida

218 So. 3d 910

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: January 14, 2016
• Docket: 1D14-1382
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Appellant raises -five issues on appeal, only one of which has merit. Based on our recent opinion in Hamilton v. State, 163 So.3d 1277 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), we find that Appellant’s convictions for both traveling to meet a minor after solicitation, in violation of section 847.0135(4)(a), Florida Statutes, and for use of a two-way communications device in the commission of a felony, in violation of section 934.215, Florida Statutes, violate double jeopardy under the facts of this case. See also Holt v. State, 173 So.3d 1079 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015); Holubek v. State, 173 So.3d 1114 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). 1

We affirm Appellant’s convictions for travelling to meet a minor after using a computer to solicit the minor, under section 847.0135(4) and for using a computer or other device capable of electronic data storage to solicit a person believed to be a child to commit an illegal act, in violation of section 847.0135(3)(a), Florida Statutes, because the illegal acts solicited are separate illegal acts in this case. Accordingly, this case is distinguished from State v. Shelley, 176 So.3d 914 (Fla.2015), where the illegal acts solicited from the supposed minor were the same. We vacate the conviction and sentence for violation of section 934.215 and remand for correction of the criminal punishment code scoresheet and resentencing with the corrected score-sheet.

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED with instructions.

BENTON, LEWIS, and BILBREY, JJ., concur.

1 . All of the cases cited herein were decided after the trial and sentencing of Appellant.