Perez v. State

In this appeal, Ramon Perez challenges the trial court’s “dismissal” of his postcon-viction claim that his scoresheet erroneously included “severe” victim injury points for one of the victims of his crimes despite an agreement that the victim injury points for both victims would be scored as “moderate.” We agree that the trial court erred in failing to consider the merits of Perez’s claim and reverse the order appealed.

Perez was convicted for the 1998 offenses of attempted first degree murder (count I), aggravated battery with a firearm (count II), and improper exhibition of a firearm (count…