Caraballo v. State, 805 So. 2d 882

PER CURIAM.

Nelson Caraballo seeks review of the trial court‘s order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Caraballo argues that the trial court erred in assessing victim injury points for sexual battery without a jury finding that victim injury was proven beyond a reasonable doubt ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍as required by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). However, relief under Apprendi is limited to those defendants whose sentences were increased beyond the statutory maximum. Id. at ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍490, 120 S.Ct. 2348. In this case, the statutory maximum for sexual battery, a first-degree felony, is thirty years. § 775.082(3)(b), Fla. Stat. (1997). Because Caraballo‘s twenty-three-year sentence does not exceed this ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍statutory maximum, he is not entitled to relief under Apprendi.

Affirmed.

PARKER, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND and SALCINES, JJ., Concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Caraballo v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Sep 26, 2001

Citations: 805 So. 2d 882; 2001 WL 1130424; 2D01-3281

Docket Number: 2D01-3281

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.