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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
Lovitto Melecio,
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
Appellant,
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
v.
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
State of Florida,
CASE NO. 1D03-0037
Appellee.
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Opinion filed June 24, 2004.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County,
Robert E. Roundtree, Jr., Judge.
Daniel T. O'Connell, Gainesville, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Charlie McCoy, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Lovitto Melecio, appeals his conviction and sentence of robbery with
a firearm, attempted robbery and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
Appellant raises several issues on appeal, only one of which we find meritorious.
Appellant contends, and the State concedes, that the record establishes the
existence of a single conspiracy, as opposed to two separate and distinct conspiracies.
The State argues, however, that the error is harmless because eliminating one of three,

concurrent 15-year sentencesall concurrent to a life sentencewould have no effect
on appellant's time in prison. Florida courts generally do not adhere to the concurrent
sentence doctrine, which is essentially what the State is advocating. Leonard v. State,
760 So. 2d 114 (Fla. 2000); Seccia v. State, 786 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001); Grant
v. State, 756 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2000). Accordingly, we reverse appellant's
conviction as to Count VI, which charges a second conspiracy, and vacate appellant's
adjudication and sentence on that count.
WOLF, C.J., BROWNING, and HAWKES, JJ., CONCUR.

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