Gerald S. Edwards v. State

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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 GERALD S. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D13-1684 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed February 21, 2014 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED.1 EVANDER, COHEN and WALLIS, JJ., concur. 1 Our affirmance of Appellant's conviction on Count III is based on this court's recent decision in Roughton v. State, 92 So. 3d 284 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (convictions for sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation did not violate prohibition against double jeopardy even though convictions arose from same act).

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