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State v. Thompson

607 So. 2d 422, 1992 WL 324897
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedNovember 12, 1992
Docket78728
StatusPublished
Cited by29 cases

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State v. Thompson, 607 So. 2d 422, 1992 WL 324897 (Fla. 1992).

Opinion

607 So.2d 422 (1992)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Dennis Wayne THOMPSON, Respondent.

No. 78728.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 12, 1992.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Bonnie Jean Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for respondent.

OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review Thompson v. State, 585 So.2d 492 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that Thompson cannot be sentenced for both the sale of a counterfeit controlled substance and for felony petit theft when both offenses are based on the same conduct. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

CAN A DEFENDANT BE PROPERLY CONVICTED OF BOTH FRAUDULENT SALE OF A COUNTERFEIT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND FELONY PETIT THEFT WHERE BOTH CHARGES AROSE FROM THE SAME FRAUDULENT SALE?

Id. at 495. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer the certified question in the negative and approve in full the district court decision, finding that it is consistent with our decision in Houser v. State, 474 So.2d 1193 (Fla. 1985). We find that State v. Bussey, 463 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 1985), is not applicable under the circumstances of this case and agree with the district court that this is a theft crime. We adopt the opinion of the district court as the opinion of this Court.

It is so ordered.

BARKETT, C.J., and McDONALD, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

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