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Bell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 15, 2010
49 So. 3d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

Summary

reversing and remanding for the correction of the scoresheet and resentencing, as the defendant's “scoresheet erroneously contained six extra points for a community sanction violation, apparently based on the first affidavit of violation that had been dismissed”

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Opinion

No. 4D09-4045.

December 15, 2010.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; William L. Roby, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562007CF003083A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Shemika Bell timely appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to correct a sentencing error under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). We reverse and remand for correction of the scoresheet and resentencing.

Bell was on probation. An affidavit of violation of probation was filed, but was ultimately dismissed. A few months later, a second affidavit of violation was filed for conduct different than that covered in the first affidavit. Appellant admitted the violations contained in the second affidavit. Her scoresheet erroneously contained six extra points for a community sanction violation, apparently based on the first affidavit of violation that had been dismissed.

The record does not conclusively establish that the trial court would have sentenced Bell to the same sentence in this case had the scoresheet been correct. See Sanders v. State, 35 So.3d 864, 870-71 (Fla. 2010). From the comments made in the sentencing transcript, it appears that both the trial judge and the prosecutor operated under the assumption that Bell's probation had previously been violated.

Reversed.

GROSS, C.J., TAYLOR and GERBER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Bell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 15, 2010
49 So. 3d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

reversing and remanding for the correction of the scoresheet and resentencing, as the defendant's “scoresheet erroneously contained six extra points for a community sanction violation, apparently based on the first affidavit of violation that had been dismissed”

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

Bell v. State

Case Details

Full title:Shemika Lashonda BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Dec 15, 2010

Citations

49 So. 3d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

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