Booker v. State

Joseph Booker appeals from his conviction and sentence for two counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of indecent assault.

He urges that the trial court erred in scoring victim injury three times in his guidelines sentencing scoresheet. We agree. In 1987, the legislature amended Rule 3.701(d)(7), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, to state: “This provision implements the intention of the commission that points for victim injury be added for each victim injured during a criminal transaction or episode.” In Williams v. State, 565 So.2d 838, 840 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), the First…