Pioquinto v. State

BLUE, Judge.

Moisés Pioquinto appeals his convictions and sentences for manslaughter and aggravated battery. We affirm the convictions. However, we agree with Pioquinto that his sentences are improper and, therefore, reverse and remand for resentencing.

Pioquinto was sentenced within the guidelines as follows: count one — manslaughter— fourteen years in prison; count two — aggravated battery — three years minimum mandatory prison sentence, consecutive to count one. It was error for the sentences to be structured so that Pioquinto serves the mandatory sentence at the end of his total prison…