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Carter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jan 31, 1991
573 So. 2d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Summary

In Carter, we quashed a sentence which had been based on a scoresheet in which the trial court had erroneously added 80 points for victim injury.

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Opinion

Nos. 89-2328, 89-2340.

January 31, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Orange County, Ted P. Coleman, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Daniel J. Schafer, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James N. Charles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


We affirm the convictions of the appellants, Eddie Carter and Frank Johnson, for three counts of sexual battery and kidnapping. We reverse the sentence imposed on Carter because victim injury points were assessed on his sentencing guidelines scoresheet for each of three sexual batteries committed against one victim during one criminal episode, contrary to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701 d.7. (1988), which limited such scoring to "each victim," not to each count. See Weekley v. State, 553 So.2d 239 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).

Both convictions, and the sentence of Johnson, are affirmed. The sentence of the appellant Carter is reversed and remanded for resentencing.

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.

DAUKSCH and W. SHARP, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Carter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jan 31, 1991
573 So. 2d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

In Carter, we quashed a sentence which had been based on a scoresheet in which the trial court had erroneously added 80 points for victim injury.

Summary of this case from McGowan v. State
Case details for

Carter v. State

Case Details

Full title:EDDIE CARTER AND FRANK E. JOHNSON, APPELLANTS, v. STATE OF FLORIDA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jan 31, 1991

Citations

573 So. 2d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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