Rice v. State

The defendant was sentenced in case number 87-344-CF on July 21, 1988, in Putnam County, Florida, by one circuit judge and on the same day in the same county, he was sentenced on case number 88-400-CF by another circuit judge. Each judge used a separate and different sentencing guidelines scoresheet with each scoresheet showing a different prior record.

The use of two scoresheets to calculate the defendant’s two sentences was error1 under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(1) which mandates that one score-sheet be prepared for all offenses pending before the court for sentencing.…