Case Name: Martez BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-09-22
Citations: 740 So. 2d 1259
Docket Number: No. 97-2498
Parties: Martez BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, C.J., STONE and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 740
Pages: 1259–1259

Head Matter:
Martez BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-2498.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 22, 1999.
Richard L, Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm Bell's consecutive burglary sentences. The consecutive sentences for burglaries of two neighboring houses within several minutes of each other do not violate the prohibition against consecutive habitual offender sentences for crimes arising out of the same criminal episode as set forth in Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla.1993). See Arroyo v. State, 704 So.2d 655 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)(affirming consecutive habitual offender sentences for two sales of cocaine rocks to two different police officers within fifteen minutes); Sprow v. State, 639 So.2d 992 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)(consecutive habitual offender sentences upheld for burglaries of two separate apartments in same building occupied by different occupants).
WARNER, C.J., STONE and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.