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Lathrop v. StateLathrop v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida
Mar 10, 1988
No. 87-682
Reporters:
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Before:
Dauksch
DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a sentence. Appellant was before the court ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍for sentencing after he violated terms of his community control sentence. Although presented with a properly calculated sentencing guideline scoresheet the sentencing judge declined ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍to use it; instead, he used a previously prepared, and used, scoresheet. That previously used scoresheet was erroneous, as implicitly acknowledged by the sentencing judge. ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍The judge felt he was obliged to follow the erroneous scoresheet because appellant did not raise the issue at the first sentencing or on ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍appeal. We disagree. Rule 3.800(a) allows the court at any time to correct a miscalculated scoresheet. See State v. Whitfield, 487 So.2d 1045 (Fla.1986).

The sentence is vacated and this ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‍cause remanded for a proper sentence..

SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.

SHARP, C.J., and COBB, J., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Lathrop v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Mar 10, 1988
Citations: 521 So. 2d 358; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 637; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 935; 1988 WL 18948; No. 87-682
Docket Number: No. 87-682
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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