Rouse v. State

On July 15, 1997, a jury found appellant Turane Rouse guilty of aggravated battery. On September 10, 1997, the trial court adjudicated him guilty and sentenced him to five years in the Department of Corrections, followed by five years of probation. Defense counsel filed a timely motion to correct a sentencing error pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b). The basis for the motion was that the guidelines scoresheet was erroneously computed, in that it characterized a prior felony conviction for aggravated child abuse as a level eight offense, instead of a level four offense.…