Case Name: Johnny HOLMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-03-17
Citations: 923 So. 2d 557
Docket Number: No. 1D04-5574
Parties: Johnny HOLMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 923
Pages: 557–557

Head Matter:
Johnny HOLMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D04-5574.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 17, 2006.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Alexander Dombrowsky, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Sherri Tolar Rollison, Assistant Attorney. General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
BROWNING, J.
Appellant's convictions for both grand theft and grand theft of a motor vehicle violate double jeopardy principles because the items forming the basis for the grand theft charge were not stolen in a distinct criminal act, but simply happened to be inside the car when it was stolen. See Mixson v. State, 857 So.2d 362 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). Accordingly, we affirm the conviction and sentence as to Count I, grand theft of a motor vehicle, reverse the conviction as to Count II, grand theft, and direct the lower tribunal to vacate the conviction and sentence as to Count II.
ALLEN and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.