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Watson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 15, 1996
677 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-3048.

July 15, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Escambia County, Joseph Q. Tarbuck, J.

Appellant, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant seeks review of an order denying his motion for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 (a). Although we affirm, one matter merits discussion.

For the first time on appeal, appellant asserts that the sentencing guidelines scoresheet used by the trial court incorrectly identifies the primary offense at conviction as "robbery with a deadly weapon," whereas the correct offense is "robbery with a weapon." According to appellant, this error resulted in twelve additional points being added to his score, placing him in a higher sentencing range. Such a claim may be asserted by a rule 3.800 (a) motion. However, because it was not presented to the trial court, and because the judgment is not a part of the record, we decline to address it. Our affirmance is without prejudice to appellant's right to present the claim to the trial court, by an appropriate motion.

AFFIRMED.

MINER, ALLEN and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Watson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 15, 1996
677 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Watson v. State

Case Details

Full title:LESLIE C. WATSON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 15, 1996

Citations

677 So. 2d 67 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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