Legal Opinion

Cabreriza v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 28, 2004No. 3D03-2211Published

1Per curiam

David Cabreriza (“the defendant”) appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence. As the State properly concedes, the trial court erred in scoring the first degree murder as an offense for conviction on the sentencing guideline scoresheet, since the guidelines apply only to noncapital felonies. See Doak v. State, 671 So.2d 845 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996); Stuart v. State, 536 So.2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). The first degree murder charge should not have been reflected as the primary offense on the defendant’s scoresheet. Armed robbery and armed burglary should have been the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stuart v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Doak v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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