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Daniels v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 11, 1988
524 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-1707.

May 11, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Harry Lee Coe, III, J.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Stephen Krosschell, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


The appellant, Willie Bee Daniels, urges on appeal that his guidelines scoresheet erroneously includes points for victim injury. He is correct. At the time he committed the offense of robbery without a weapon, victim injury was only scored when it was an element of the offense committed. Victim injury is not an element of robbery without a weapon; therefore, it was incorrectly included in the scoresheet computations. Hendry v. State, 460 So.2d 589 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).

A 1987 amendment to the guidelines provides that victim injury is to be scored for each victim injured during a criminal transaction or episode. See, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure Re Sentencing Guidelines (Rules 3.701 and 3.988), 509 So.2d 1088 (Fla. 1987).

This matter is remanded for the preparation of a correct scoresheet. Daniels should be resentenced within the applicable guidelines range.

SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and LEHAN, J., concur.


Summaries of

Daniels v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 11, 1988
524 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Daniels v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLIE BEE DANIELS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 11, 1988

Citations

524 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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