Legal Opinion

Thorp v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 25, 1989No. 87-1551PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Judge.

At sentencing, the trial judge factored a prior federal conviction into the guideline scoresheet even though that conviction was obtained subsequent to the commission of the state offense which is the subject of this appeal. We affirm.

There is conflict among our sister courts as to whether a conviction occurring between the subject offense and sentencing for that offense, for a crime committed prior to the subject offense, may be scored. For example, the First District is of the opinion that, for purposes of scoring, “Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.701(d)(5)(a) prohibits…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  2. Falzone v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Thorp v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Morales v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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