Legal Opinion

Pierre v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 28, 1992No. 92-324PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Pierre appeals from her sentence of two years community control on the ground that the sentencing guideline scoresheet included fourteen points based on an erroneous finding that she was under legal constraint 1 at the time her offense was committed. She pled nolo contendere to possession of cocaine with the intent to sell,2 and was sentenced pursuant to a category 7 scoresheet. Without the fourteen points, Pierre would have had a guidelines score which placed her in the range of any non-state prison sanction rather than the second bracket, where she was sentenced. We agree…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Perkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. State v. LlopisSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. Lawrence v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  5. Humphrey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Harden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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