Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 13, 2002No. 4D01-1710PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPolen, C.J.

We find all of Taylor’s challenges on appeal of his burglary conviction and sentence unpersuasive. However, we note his scoresheet improperly scored a theft charge of which he had been acquitted. This error was harmless as to Taylor’s sentence where the sentencing judge, who had also presided over the trial, was aware Taylor had in fact been acquitted of the theft charge, and its inclusion on the score-sheet had no affect on his guidelines sentence. Still, Taylor is entitled to have his scoresheet corrected. See Poole v. State, 777 So.2d 1186 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). This matter is therefore…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Poole v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

3Cited by2 opinions

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