James Riley v. State

This is the third appeal by Riley of the denial of his motion for postconviction relief. 1 See Riley v. State, 8 So.3d 1285 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009); Riley v. State, 975 So.2d 507 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). As one of his central themes, Riley continues to assert that a sentencing scoresheet used early on in the process was flawed. He argues that certain misdemeanor convictions should not have been included in the scoresheet calculation because they were based on uncounseled pleas. In our most recent opinion we wrote:

Notably, the Florida Supreme Court has modified its holding in State v. Beach, 592 So.2d…