District Court of Appeal of Florida February 14, 2001, No. 3D00-3531 (Faison v. State)

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United States · · · 14-02-2001

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. “When a defendant in a single act violates the ‘peace and dignity’ of two sovereigns by breaking the laws of each, he has committed two distinct ‘offences.’ ” Heath v. Alabama, 474 U.S. 82, 88, 106 S.Ct. 433, 88 L.Ed.2d 387 (1985)(quoting *448United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377, 43 S.Ct. 141, 67 L.Ed. 314 (1922)).

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