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Napier v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 21, 1991
587 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 91-444.

October 21, 1991.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County; Clinton Foster, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Steven Alvah Rothenburg, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


Robert Napier appeals the sentences imposed upon him based upon a sentencing guidelines point total calculated by multiplying the number of points assessed for legal constraint by the number of his felony convictions. The state recognizes that this court's decisions require that appellant's sentence be vacated, and the case remanded for resentencing. See Wilson v. State, 580 So.2d 303 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Sellers v. State, 578 So.2d 339 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Accord Scott v. State, 574 So.2d 247 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), jurisdiction accepted, decision pending, State v. Scott, 581 So.2d 1310 (Fla. 1991); Lewis v. State, 574 So.2d 245 (Fla.2d DCA 1991), jurisdiction accepted, State v. Lewis, 580 So.2d 753 (Fla. 1991); Cabrera v. State, 576 So.2d 1358 (Fla.3d DCA 1991). However, the state maintains that if the issue is remanded for resentencing, the guidelines scoresheet should be corrected to reflect that appellant was convicted of six counts of burglary of a dwelling, a second degree felony, rather than burglary of a structure, a third degree felony. We agree.

Accordingly, appellant's sentences are vacated and the cause is remanded for resentencing, pursuant to this court's decisions in Wilson and in Sellers. Upon remand, the guidelines scoresheet should be corrected to reflect convictions for the second degree felony of burglary of a dwelling, as opposed to the third degree felony of burglary of a structure. In addition, we certify that our resolution of the issue in this case is in direct conflict with decisions of the fourth and fifth district courts of appeal in Carter v. State, 571 So.2d 520 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), jurisdiction accepted, 581 So.2d 163 (Fla. 1991); and Walker v. State, 546 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

ERVIN and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Napier v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Oct 21, 1991
587 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Napier v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT A. NAPIER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Oct 21, 1991

Citations

587 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)