Case Name: Jeremy Roger HOULE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-05-09
Citations: 138 So. 3d 1096
Docket Number: No. 5D13-1348
Parties: Jeremy Roger HOULE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN, SAWAYA, and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 138
Pages: 1096–1096

Head Matter:
Jeremy Roger HOULE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D13-1348.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 9, 2014.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jeremy Houle timely appeals the judgment and sentence rendered following the return of the jury verdict finding him guilty of Count I, escape; Count II, the lesser included offense of assault; Count III, felony battery; Count IV, battery; and Count V, criminal mischief. He argues (1) the convictions for felony battery and battery violate double jeopardy; (2) the court erred by imposing restitution without a hearing and based on hearsay; and (3) the court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on the escape charge. The charges stem from a physical altercation between Houle and his live-in girlfriend.
As to the first issue, Houle asserts the convictions for both Count III, felony battery, and Count IV, battery, violate double jeopardy principles because both convictions stemmed from the same criminal episode involving the same victim with no temporal break between the acts. We agree. See Harris v. State, 111 So.3d 922 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). Therefore, we reverse his conviction for battery and remand for entry of an amended judgment deleting that conviction. In all other respects, we affirm.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED.
GRIFFIN, SAWAYA, and WALLIS, JJ., concur.