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Copeland v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 20, 2000
765 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 1D99-3844.

July 20, 2000.

Sentences Vacated and case Remanded.

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Tern Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


The appellant was on probation for a 1995 offense when he committed a new offense in 1998. The appellant's probation was revoked, and because the sentencing guidelines had changed different scoresheets were prepared for each offense. In accordance with Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.702 (d)(10), "release program violation" points were assessed on the guidelines scoresheet for the 1995 offense. "Community sanction violation" points were assessed on the guidelines scoresheet for the 1998 offense. Both of these assessments were based on the appellant's violation of probation for the 1995 offense.

Fla.R.Crim.P.3.703 (d)(17) applies to the appellant's 1998 offense, and authorizes an assessment of community sanction violation points "when a community sanction violation is before the court for sentencing." The appellant violated probation only for the 1995 offense, and that violation was therefore not before the court for sentencing under the separate guidelines scoresheet for the 1998 offense. The community sanction violation points thus should not have been assessed on the guidelines scoresheet for the 1998 offense.

Allen, Lawrence and Benton, JJ., Concur.


Summaries of

Copeland v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 20, 2000
765 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Copeland v. State

Case Details

Full title:Ricky Copeland, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 20, 2000

Citations

765 So. 2d 216 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

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