Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 10, 1997No. 97-1710Published

1Per curiam

Appellant, Ira Cliton Morris, appeals his sentence upon revocation of community control claiming the trial court improperly found his sentencing scoresheet accurate without requiring corroboration of his prior convictions. The State is required to produce evidence corroborating disputed prior convictions when these are considered for sentencing. See Morgan v. State, 550 So.2d 151 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). Accordingly, we remand to verify the accuracy of the prior convictions, recalculate the sentencing score-sheet if required, and if also required, resen-tence the defendant pursuant to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. Brantley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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