Case Name: Thomas ARNOLD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-06-06
Citations: 820 So. 2d 402
Docket Number: No. 1D02-0587
Parties: Thomas ARNOLD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WOLF, VAN NORTWICK and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 820
Pages: 402–402

Head Matter:
Thomas ARNOLD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D02-0587.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 6, 2002.
Rehearing Denied July 10, 2002.
Appellant, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and James W. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant challenges the trial court's summary denial of his motion for correction of sentence, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), in which he claims that his multiple convictions were habitualized and then stacked consecutively in violation of the ruling announced in Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla.1993), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 909, 115 S.Ct. 278, 130 L.Ed.2d 195 (1994).
Although the trial court incorrectly ruled that this claim was barred by the law of the case, see McBride v. State, 810 So.2d 1019, 1023 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002), the summary denial was nevertheless correct because the appellant's allegations and the record excerpts upon which he relies do not establish that his crimes occurred during a single criminal episode. Compare Valdes v. State, 765 So.2d 774 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). Accordingly, we affirm.
AFFIRMED.
WOLF, VAN NORTWICK and POLSTON, JJ., concur.