Cowan v. State

MILLS, Judge.

Cowan appeals from a sentence imposed pursuant to the sentencing guidelines after entry of a plea of nolo contendere to charges of kidnapping, sexual battery with a firearm and possession of a short-bar-relled shotgun. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

Cowan met his victim on a beach, then forced her at gunpoint to drive to her home where he raped her. The victim later escaped in the parking lot of a nearby store where Cowan had forced her to go to shop for food. Cowan fled but was apprehended the next day.

Cowan entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of kidnapping,…