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White v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 22, 1988
535 So. 2d 677 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 88-353.

December 22, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Putnam County, Robert R. Perry, J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


Erroneously believing that offenses which defendant had committed subsequent to the offense for which he was being sentenced here and for which he had since been convicted could be considered as "prior record" on the guidelines scoresheet, the trial court sentenced appellant to 5 years' incarceration, a sentence within the guidelines had the computation of prior record been correct. Offenses committed subsequent to the offense for which a defendant is being sentenced may not be scored as "prior record." Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701d.5(a). Safford v. State, 488 So.2d 141 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). The State concedes the impropriety of considering these subsequently committed crimes as "prior record."

Section d.5(a) states, in pertinent part:
"Prior record" refers to any past criminal conduct on the part of the offender, resulting in conviction, prior to the commission of the primary offense.

Accordingly, we vacate the sentence and remand the case for resentencing.

Sentence VACATED; REMANDED.

COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

White v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Dec 22, 1988
535 So. 2d 677 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

White v. State

Case Details

Full title:HOWARD HARRISON WHITE, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Dec 22, 1988

Citations

535 So. 2d 677 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)