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Zolache v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 10, 1995
657 So. 2d 25 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 93-3604.

June 7, 1995. Rehearing Denied August 10, 1995.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Charles M. Greene, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


By one view of the facts at trial and the showing made at the hearings on the motion for new trial on newly discovered evidence, this case may appear to involve a wrongfully convicted, innocent man. But the trial judge did not think so. Because there is record evidence from which he could have properly concluded that the newly discovered evidence is not sufficiently reliable and authentic, we are unable to disturb his decision denying a new trial.

We do agree with defendant that an error in the sentencing guideline scoresheet requires resentencing. His conviction for attempted second degree murder with a firearm was scored as a life felony, but it should have been scored as first degree felony. Harris v. State, 650 So.2d 639 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); §§ 775.087(1)(b), 777.04(4)(c), and 782.04(2), Fla. Stat. (1993). The difference in points may have affected the outcome. We therefore remand for resentencing upon a properly calculated guidelines scoresheet.

CONVICTION AFFIRMED; SENTENCE REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING WITH PROPER SCORESHEET.

GUNTHER and STONE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Zolache v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 10, 1995
657 So. 2d 25 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Zolache v. State

Case Details

Full title:CATALINO ZOLACHE, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 10, 1995

Citations

657 So. 2d 25 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

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