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Morales v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 2, 1990
554 So. 2d 662 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-1336.

January 2, 1990.

An Appeal under Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(g) from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Roy T. Gelber, Judge.

Leonardo T. Morales, in pro. per.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Ann Ash, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ.


On Motion for Rehearing


We grant appellant Morales' motion for rehearing and withdraw our ruling dated July 5, 1989. The State concedes that the scoresheet under which Morales was sentenced erroneously added thirty points for "legal constraint." See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(6). We therefore reverse the trial court's order denying Morales' Rule 3.850 motion and remand for resentencing under a recalculated scoresheet. Because the sentencing judge originally imposed a guidelines sentence, and the recalculated scoresheet will apparently result in a lower guidelines range, we note that a departure sentence is, in these circumstances, an available option if reasons for departure exist. See State v. Betancourt, 552 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 1989); Roberts v. State, 547 So.2d 129 (Fla. 1989).

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Morales v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 2, 1990
554 So. 2d 662 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Morales v. State

Case Details

Full title:LEONARDO T. MORALES A/K/A RAMON SIMON, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jan 2, 1990

Citations

554 So. 2d 662 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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