{"id":809,"date":"2022-06-09T06:47:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=809"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:36:45","slug":"florida-court-assesses-whether-convictions-for-grand-theft-and-burglary-violate-double-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-assesses-whether-convictions-for-grand-theft-and-burglary-violate-double-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Assesses Whether Convictions for Grand Theft and Burglary Violate Double Jeopardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not uncommon for a person to be charged with multiple crimes following a single criminal episode. While the government can convict a person for more than one offense after one criminal transaction, it cannot violate their protections against double jeopardy. Thus, if their convictions constitute multiple convictions for the same crime, they may be unlawful. Recently, a Florida court <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/florida\/third-district-court-of-appeal\/2022\/3d21-2257.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assessed<\/a> whether a defendant\u2019s convictions for burglary and grand theft of a motor vehicle violated double jeopardy, ultimately ruling that it did not. If you are charged with a theft crime, it is important to understand your rights, and you should speak to a skilled Tampa theft charge defense lawyer as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is alleged that the defendant, a juvenile, was charged with burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and grand theft of a vehicle. The charges against him stemmed from a single incident. An adjudicatory hearing was held, after which the court determined beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the charged offenses. The defendant appealed, arguing that because burglary was a lesser included offense of grand theft of a motor vehicle, his convictions violated double jeopardy.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Assessing Whether Multiple Convictions Violate Double Jeopardy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court disagreed with the defendant\u2019s arguments and affirmed his convictions. The court explained that the dispositive issue in determining whether multiple convictions arising from the same criminal transaction violate double jeopardy is whether the legislature intended to authorize separate penalties for the two crimes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-assesses-whether-convictions-for-grand-theft-and-burglary-violate-double-jeopardy\/#more-809\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not uncommon for a person to be charged with multiple crimes following a single criminal episode. While the government can convict a person for more than one offense after one criminal transaction, it cannot violate their protections against double jeopardy. Thus, if their convictions constitute multiple convictions for the same crime, they may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-theft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Double Jeopardy in Theft and Burglary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See how Florida courts decide if theft and burglary convictions violate double jeopardy when they come from the same act.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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