Case Name: Timothy Finell WALKER, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-09-04
Citations: 825 So. 2d 1014
Docket Number: No. 4D02-2603
Parties: Timothy Finell WALKER, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: POLEN, C.J., and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 825
Pages: 1014–1015

Head Matter:
Timothy Finell WALKER, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D02-2603.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 4, 2002.
Timothy Finell Walker, Sr., Jesup, Georgia, pro se.
No appearance required for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant filed a motion in the trial court asserting that the cocaine trafficking and related charges against him should be dismissed because he had already pled guilty to federal charges based on the same facts and was sentenced to federal prison. He alleged that the state was violating his double jeopardy rights.
The trial court denied the motion, and appellant has filed a notice of appeal. This order, however, is neither a final order nor an appealable non-final order.
In addition, even if the federal and state charges were based on the same facts, this prosecution would still not be barred by double jeopardy. Booth v. State, 436 So.2d 36 (Fla.1983)(prosecution by two different sovereigns, the United States and Florida, for the same crime, does not violate double jeopardy). Bartkus v. Illinois, 359 U.S. 121, 79 S.Ct. 676, 3 L.Ed.2d 684 (1959).
Appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
POLEN, C.J., and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
KLEIN, J., concurs specially with opinion.