Patterson v. State

WHATLEY, Judge.

Thomas Wayne Patterson appeals his sentence for carrying a concealed firearm and argues that eighteen points were improperly added to his scoresheet for possession of a firearm. We agree and reverse his sentence.

Patterson correctly contends that eighteen points were improperly added to his score-sheet for possession of a firearm because possession of the firearm was an essential element of the crime for which he was being sentenced. In White v. State, 714 So.2d 440 (Fla.1998), the Florida Supreme Court held that it was error for a trial court to assess an additional eighteen…