Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 26, 1997No. 96-689Published

1Opinion of the Court

CONFESSION OF ERROR

2Per curiam

Alex Garcia appeals the sentence imposed upon him on violation of probation. At the time defendant-appellant was initially placed on probation, an incorrect scoresheet was prepared. At the original sentencing hearing, the errors came to light and the score-sheet was corrected.

Subsequently, the defendant violated probation. At the violation hearing the court and the parties inadvertently used the original, uncorrected scoresheet instead of the corrected scoresheet. The uncorrected scoresheet erroneously placed the defendant i^i a higher sentencing guidelines range. The…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Warrender v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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