Witherspoon v. State

W. SHARP, Judge.

Witherspoon appeals from a final order denying his petition for writ of mandamus filed in the circuit court. In this petition Witherspoon seeks to require the state to “correct” his scoresheet calculations and reduce his sentence imposed in 1991. He argues that the “prior record” part of the scoresheet was unlawfully enlarged because two Texas robberies he committed should have been scored as third degree felonies rather than as first degree felonies punishable by life terms. He also argues that a multiplier should not have been used for “legal constraint.” We affirm.

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