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Reduced to one conviction based on one occurrence and course of conduct. in hamill v. state which we provided to the court, that's 934 southern second, 634. that's a florida second dca case from 2006, the defendant was convicted of 15 counts of using a computer to seduce a child. at issue was whether counts five and six among other things arose from a single criminal episode. in hamill, the court ortaiculatd to determine the defense arose from a single criminal episode. in that test, the court articulate audio. >> let me stop you for a second. >> yes, your honor. >> i don't seem to have benefi...

This test requires a court to look to whether there was a separation of time, place or circumstances between the crimes because those factors are objective criteria utilized to determine whether there are distinct and independent criminal acts or whether there is one continuous criminal act with a single criminal intent. the court went on to say that the spacial and temporal aspects of the crimes looking at that criteria, a court can ascertain whether the defendant had time to pause, reflect and form a new criminal intent between the recurrences. your honor in finding that counts five and six ...