CLARENCE WILSON, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 2000-12-29
No. 2D99-2716
Altenbernd, A.C.J., Northcutt, J., Salcines, J.
779 So. 2d 543 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2000)

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Synopsis

Wilson's cocaine possession sentence is remanded for reconsideration because the trial court's sentencing scoresheet is missing from the record, requiring determination whether his offense fell within the Heggs window and whether resentencing under valid guidelines is necessary.


Holding

When a sentencing scoresheet is absent from the record, the case must be remanded to determine whether the defendant committed the offense within the Heggs window and whether resentencing under the applicable guidelines is required.


Headnotes

[1] When a sentencing scoresheet is absent from the appellate record, the case must be remanded to determine whether the defendant's offense fell within the Heggs window and…

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“If the answers to both of these questions are affirmative, then Wilson must be resentenced in accordance with the valid guidelines in existence at the time he committed his offense.”

The court's instruction regarding the conditions under which resentencing is required.

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Clarence Wilson was convicted of cocaine possession and sentenced to concurrent seven-year terms in two circuit court cases. The 1995 scoresheet used …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Clarence Wilson appeals his judgment and sentence for possession of cocaine.1 The only issue raised on direct appeal was Wilson’s sentence in light of Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla.2000). The record, however, does not contain the 1995 scoresheet used in Wilson’s sentencing. We accordingly must remand to the trial court to determine whether Wilson in fact committed his offense within the Heggs window, and if so, whether his sentence could not have been imposed under the 1994 guidelines without a departure. If the answers to both of these questions are affirmative, then Wilson must be resen-tenced in accordance with the valid guidelines in existence at the time he committed his offense. If the court enters an order declaring resentencing unnecessary, it should attach all documents necessary to reach that conclusion. See Smith v. State, 761 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Remanded for reconsideration of sentencing in accordance with Heggs.

ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and NORTHCUTT and SALCINES, JJ., concur. . Wilson was apparently sentenced to concurrent terms of seven years' incarceration in circuit court case number CRC 97-00428 CFANO and circuit court case number CRC 97-07457 CFANO. His conviction in case number 97-00428 is the only case on direct appeal. However, he may be entitled to re-sentencing in both cases.


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