Case Name: Ronnie James BURKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-07-25
Citations: 475 So. 2d 252
Docket Number: No. 84-1198
Parties: Ronnie James BURKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 475
Pages: 252–253

Head Matter:
Ronnie James BURKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 84-1198.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 25, 1985.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 6, 1985.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and David A. Henson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary W. Tinsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from convictions for three counts of uttering forged bills.
Appellant gave his landlord three one-dollar bills which had been altered by pasting the corners of twenty-dollar bills upon the corners of the one-dollar bills. The three bills were given simultaneously for rent. It is our conclusion that this transaction is a single criminal act and appellant can be convicted only once. Therefore, two of the three convictions are reversed. State v. Watts, 462 So.2d 813 (Fla.1985).
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part.
DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.
COWART, J., concurs specially with opinion.