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Burkes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jun 12, 2009
19 So. 3d 385 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

Nos. 2D08-599, 2D08-602, 2D08-676.

June 12, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; Richard A. Luce, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


David Burkes appeals judgments and sentences imposed after the trial court revoked his probation. We affirm all of the judgments. We also affirm the habitual felony offender sentences imposed for four counts of sale of cocaine.

We reverse as to the guidelines sentence imposed on count two of case number CRC 06-26728 for cocaine possession; the scoresheet improperly included points for the offenses for which Mr. Burkes received habitual offender sentences. See Teal v. State, 777 So.2d 1105 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). The State properly concedes error. "`When a defendant is being sentenced as a habitual offender for some cases and under the guidelines for other cases at the same hearing, it is improper to score the crimes for which he receives habitual offender treatment as additional offenses in calculating the guidelines sentence.'" Olsen v. State, 791 So.2d 558, 560 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (quoting Eblin v. State, 677 So.2d 388, 389 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)).

Mr. Burkes preserved the error by filing a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion. The motion is deemed denied because the trial court did not rule upon it within the required sixty days. See Watts v. State, 973 So.2d 1271 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

NORTHCUTT, C.J., and KHOUZAM, J., Concur.


Summaries of

Burkes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jun 12, 2009
19 So. 3d 385 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Burkes v. State

Case Details

Full title:David BURKES, Appellant v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jun 12, 2009

Citations

19 So. 3d 385 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)