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Wolcott v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 24, 1991
579 So. 2d 889 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-02054.

May 24, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; William J. Nelson, Judge.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Wendy E. Friedberg, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


We affirm Mr. Wolcott's convictions for attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery. We reverse his sentences because of an error in the guidelines scoresheet.

Mr. Wolcott's primary offense, attempted second-degree murder, was incorrectly scored as a first-degree felony, rather than a second degree felony. See §§ 782.04 and 777.04, Fla. Stat. (1989). This error caused his presumptive sentence to fall within the recommended range of 12 to 17 years' incarceration. Without this error, the recommended sentencing range would be 3 to 7 years' incarceration and the permitted range would be community control or 1 to 12 years' incarceration. Mr. Wolcott was sentenced to 15 years' incarceration. Therefore, we must reverse Mr. Wolcott's sentences and remand for resentencing in accordance with a corrected scoresheet. We note that Mr. Wolcott's judgment correctly reflects that attempted second-degree murder is a second-degree felony.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.

SCHEB, A.C.J., and FRANK and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Wolcott v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 24, 1991
579 So. 2d 889 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Wolcott v. State

Case Details

Full title:BERNARD K. WOLCOTT, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 24, 1991

Citations

579 So. 2d 889 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)