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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jun 14, 1996
675 So. 2d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-659.

June 14, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County; John Dean Moxley, Jr., Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


The State concedes that the trial court erred in applying a 1.5 multiplier to calculate Williams' Guidelines score. Because the score, if properly calculated without the multiplier, would be 46.2 points, and that score, even with the 25% increase in prison time allowed by section 921.0016 (1)(b) without giving departure reasons, does not allow the length of sentence which Williams received (41 months), we quash the sentence and remand for resentencing. According to our calculations, the proper score for Williams is 46.2 points, which allows a maximum sentence of 18.2 months. With the 25% increase permitted by section 921.0016 (1)(b), Williams could be sentenced to 22.75 months under current Guidelines, without written departure reasons.

Sentence VACATED; REMANDED for resentencing.

HARRIS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jun 14, 1996
675 So. 2d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:MARCELLUS WILLIAMS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jun 14, 1996

Citations

675 So. 2d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)