Opinion
Case No. 2D18-3943
07-17-2020
SEAN PATRICK EMKE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Debra Johnes Riva, Judge. Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM.
Sean Patrick Emke appeals the imposition of a prison sentence of 636.45 months. While serving probation on a prior case of possession of child pornography, he was arrested and charged with forty new counts of possession of child pornography. He entered an open plea of no contest on these new counts and admitted to violating the terms of his probation. On Mr. Emke's criminal punishment code scoresheet, see Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.992(a), the trial court designated one count of possession of child pornography as the primary offense. The remaining thirty-nine counts of possession of child pornography were scored as additional offenses. According to Mr. Emke's scoresheet, his lowest permissible sentence, absent a downward departure, was 636.45 months in prison. The trial court sentenced Mr. Emke to 636.45 months in prison on each count.
In case 2010-CF-001445AX, Mr. Emke pleaded nolo contendere to twenty counts of possession of child pornography. --------
Mr. Emke raises two issues on appeal. We find no merit as to the first issue and affirm without comment the trial court's decision not to downward depart on his sentences. As to his second issue, we affirm the sentences imposed based upon our decision in Champagne v. State, 269 So. 3d 629 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).
Affirmed. MORRIS, SLEET, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.