Wright v. State

John Ted Wright (Wright) was convicted of one count of armed kidnaping and two counts of sexual battery, committed on January 10, 1984. We reverse and agree with Wright1 that he is entitled to be resentenced to his original sentence of concurrent twenty-year prison terms. We do so because of the unique circumstances of this case where Wright was originally sentenced during a period of time when the sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional (pursuant to a later holding by the Florida Supreme Court) and was subsequently resentenced to a longer term only because his original sentence was…