Conant v. State

David E. Conant appeals the summary denial of his amended motion filed pursuant to Rule 3.800(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, to correct illegal sentence. In essence, Mr. Conant argues that the trial court erred in using a single scoresheet at sentencing, even though his crimes were committed under different versions of the sentencing guidelines. He may be correct.

In Burgess v. State, 705 So.2d 701 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), we held that when a criminal defendant is being sentenced after violating probation for a pre-1994 offense and for a post-1993 offense, two separate scoresheets must…