Court Opinion

ID: 4032379
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Date Created: 2016-09-09 13:05:18.040404+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:11.219729
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                              FIFTH DISTRICT

                                                 NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                                 FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
                                                 DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JOSE ANGEL PAMBLANCO,

             Appellant,

 v.                                                     Case No. 5D16-691

STATE OF FLORIDA,

             Appellee.

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Opinion filed September 2, 2016

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit
Court for Orange County,
Marc L. Lubet, Judge.

Jose Angel Pamblanco, Avon Park, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Bonnie Jean Parrish,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.

EDWARDS, J.

      Jose Pamblanco ("Appellant") appeals the partial denial of his motion seeking

postconviction relief. Though Appellant's motion raised numerous issues, only one issue

merits discussion. Appellant asserts that his convictions and sentences for both (1)

traveling to meet a minor for an unlawful sexual act and (2) solicitation of a minor via a
device capable of electronic data storage or transmission violate the prohibition against

double jeopardy.

       The unlawful solicitation and travel took place over several days in February 2010.

Thus, the State could have charged Appellant with multiple counts of solicitation and

traveling with regard to the multiple offenses occurring on multiple occasions. However,

the information charged Appellant with one count of solicitation and one count of traveling

based on the same conduct.

       Relying upon Stapler v. State, 190 So. 3d 162 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016), decided after

the postconviction court’s ruling in this case, we find that the dual convictions and

sentences violated Appellant’s right to be free from double jeopardy. 190 So. 3d at 165.

Accordingly, we affirm his conviction under section 847.0135(4)(a), Florida Statutes

(2010), but reverse his conviction under section 847.0135(3)(a), Florida Statutes (2010).

We remand for resentencing based upon Appellant’s recalculated scoresheet. We affirm

as to all other issues raised by Appellant.

       AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.

SAWAYA and BERGER, JJ., concur.

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