Cintron v. State

Juan Cintron pled nolo contendere to a charge of possession of contraband in a state correctional institution.

As conceded by the state, the trial court erred in scoring the defendant's prior conviction for first degree murder as a capital felony upon defendant’s sentencing guidelines scoresheet. See Section 921.001(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1989); Stuart v. State, 536 So.2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).

Finally, we disagree with the state that the trial court can now depart upward from the sentencing guideline sentence. This is so because here there was a negotiated plea agreement between the parties…