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RONNIE KENNETH CLARK, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

WOLF, Judge.

In this case, the appellant was convicted by a jury of resisting arrest with violence, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted depriving an officer of his means of communication or radio. The appellant was sentenced as a habitual offender under section 775.084, Florida Statutes, to three consecutive 10-year prison terms on counts I-III, for a total of 30 years. The offenses in count I (resisting arrest with violence) and counts II and III (battery on a law enforcement officer) all arose from a single incident.

A one-year prison sentence on count V and sentences for other counts to which the appellant pled were to run concurrent with the 30-year sentence.

In Hale v. State, 630 So.2d 521 (Fla. 1993), and Brooks v. State, 630 So.2d 527 (Fla. 1993), the Florida Supreme Court held that a trial court may not impose consecutive enhanced sentences under section 775.084, Florida Statutes, for crimes growing out of a single criminal episode. Accordingly, Clark's enhanced sentences as to counts I-III are prohibited.

We affirm the convictions below, but vacate the sentences imposed on counts I-III, and remand with directions that the three consecutive sentences be made concurrent to one another.

JOANOS and BENTON, JJ., concur.

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CLARK v. STATE
(Sep 7, 1994)