Legal Opinion

Carter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 13, 1997No. 95-02673Published

1Opinion of the Court

FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

We affirm Carter’s conviction for possession of cocaine. We must remand, however, for correction of a guidelines scoresheet error. The trial court erroneously refused to delete from the calculations convictions that had occurred more than ten years prior to the instant offense. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.702(B)(A). Furthermore, costs of prosecution in the amount of $27 must be stricken. The record does not reflect that a request was made and documented by the appropriate agency or that the trial court took into consideration Carter’s resources, financial needs, earning…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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

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