Allen v. State

Brandall Kendric Allen appeals his convictions and sentences for burglary of a dwelling and grand theft, challenging the burglary instruction, the scope of questioning during voir dire, comments by the prosecutor during closing argument, the denial of a motion for mistrial, and his sentencing scoresheet. Allen fails to demonstrate any reversible error with respect to the convictions. We find merit, however, in the argument directed to the score-sheet and write to address the sentencing issue.

The scoresheet error raised by Allen concerns the scoring of out of state convictions. Florida Rule of…