Legal Opinion

Forance v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 4, 2002No. 5D01-573Published

1Per curiam

The State of Florida acknowledges that scoresheet errors were made in sentencing Marcia Forance. The errors include:

1. Using one scoresheet in sentencing Forance for two failure to appear offenses. Separate scoresheets were required. See Harris v. State, 771 So.2d 565, 566 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000), rev. denied, 790 So.2d 1104 (Fla.2001).

2. Incorrectly scoring the offense of failure to appear as a level seven violation, the level of the underlying burglary charge, rather than the correct level four for failure to appear.

The court also assessed four points on the scoresheet for status violation. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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