GARY ALIEN LANE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Court reversed sentence enhancement for aggravated battery based on domestic violence multiplier where state failed to present evidence that a child was present during the incident, contrary to the requirement of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.704(d)(23).
A domestic violence sentence multiplier under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.704(d)(23) cannot be imposed when the state fails to present evidence that a child under 16 was present during the battery.
[1] A domestic violence sentence multiplier under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.704(d)(23) requires the state to present evidence that a child under 16 was present dur…
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PER CURIAM.
Gary Allen Lane appeals the enhancement of his sentence for aggravated battery based on the imposition of a domestic violence multiplier. We reverse and remand for resentencing.
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.704(d)(23) provides for a domestic violence multiplier of one-and-a-half times when a domestic battery is committed in the presence of a child under the age of 16. In this case, the state presented an argument that the child of the appellant and the victim resided in the home. However, no evidence was presented by the state on this issue or, more importantly, on the issue of whether their child was present during the domestic violence. Rolle v. State, 835 So. 2d 1258, 1259 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (remanding to the trial court for correction of the sentence when the State failed to establish the presence of a child under the age of 16 during the incident). In fact, the victim’s affidavit, which was accepted into evidence without objection, stated that the child was not in the home at the time of the battery.
We, therefore, REVERSE and REMAND to the trial court for the preparation of a new Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet without the enhancement provided by rule 3.704(d)(23) and for resentencing thereon.
BROWNING, C.J., KAHN and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.