Ibraheem S. Jackson v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 4, 2026
Docket4D2025-1862
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
IBRAHEEM JACKSON,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 4D2025-1862
[November 4, 2026]
Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for
the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Martin S. Fein, Judge;
L.T. Case No. 062015CF006443A88810.
Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Benjamin Eisenberg, Assistant
Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L.
Bettendorf, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the denial of all claims raised by Ibraheem Jackson in his
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief,
except for his claim that trial counsel was deficient for failing to raise an
issue regarding section 812.025, Florida Statutes (2015).
Jackson argues that his dual convictions for dealing in stolen property
and grand theft are improper pursuant to section 812.025 because those
offenses occurred within one scheme or course of conduct. See Hall v.
State, 826 So. 2d 268, 271 (Fla. 2002) (explaining that “section 812.025
prohibits a trial court from adjudicating a defendant guilty of both theft
and dealing in stolen property in connection with one scheme or course of
conduct”). The trial court summarily denied Jackson’s claim and agreed
with the State that the dual convictions were permitted because the
property involved in the counts differed.
The trial court erred in focusing solely on whether different property
was involved. See Jones v. State, 453 So. 2d 1192, 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA
1984) (concluding the statute barred dual convictions even where the State
attempted to limit the theft count to one item and the dealing count to a
different item, reasoning both were part of the same scheme); see also
Melendez v. State, 135 So. 3d 456, 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) (approving
Jones and vacating grand theft conviction even though the State argued
that different property could have been involved in the two offenses).
Consequently, we reverse and remand for the trial court to apply the
correct analysis focusing on whether one “scheme or course of conduct”
was at issue in the convictions. See Bradshaw v. State, 263 So. 3d 1139,
1140 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (concluding defendant could not be convicted of
both petit theft and dealing in stolen property, although defendant stole
sawblades from his employer on one day and waited until following day to
sell them, where offenses were in connection with one scheme or course of
conduct). We affirm on all other issues without comment.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.
GROSS, LEVINE and SHAW, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.
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