ROBERT GAFFNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-853 LT Case No. 2021-CF-008542 _____________________________ ROBERT GAFFNEY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Meredith Charbula, Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Natalie R Gossett, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Christina Piotrowski and Adam B. Wilson, Assistant Attorney Generals, Tallahassee, for Appellee. December 5, 2023 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Roughton v. State, 185 So. 3d 1207, 1211 (Fla. 2016) (“We recede from our prior decision in Gibbs [v. State, 698 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. 1997),] and hold that a double jeopardy analysis must—in accordance with section 775.021(4)[, Florida Statutes]— be conducted without regard to the accusatory pleading or the proof adduced at trial, even where an alternative conduct statute is implicated.”). EDWARDS, C.J., LAMBERT, and MACIVER, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ 2

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