Case Name: Kenneth J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-10-06
Citations: 743 So. 2d 133
Docket Number: No. 98-2353
Parties: Kenneth J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WOLF, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 743
Pages: 133–134

Head Matter:
Kenneth J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-2353.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 6, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Karla D. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges his convictions and sentences for two counts of battery and one count of child abuse. Appellant raises a number of issues, only one of which has merit: Whether the trial court improperly adjudicated him guilty of both battery and child abuse on the same child victim. Although the trial court correctly determined at sentencing that it could not adjudicate appellant guilty on both counts and orally adjudicated appellant guilty of only child abuse, it later entered a judgment adjudicating appellant guilty on both counts. We, therefore, strike that portion of the judgment which purports to adjudicate appellant guilty of battery on the child (count II), but affirm in all other respects. See Kurtz v. State, 564 So.2d 519, 520-521 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (holding that an adjudication of guilt for an offense for which punishment cannot be imposed consistent with principles of double jeopardy, violates the defendant's double jeopardy rights even when no sentence accompanies the adjudication of guilt), disapproved of in part on other grounds in Novaton v. State, 634 So.2d 607 (Fla.1994).
WOLF, DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.