Avery v. State, No. BI-446
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
| Writing for the Court | ERVIN |
| Citation | 505 So.2d 596,12 Fla. L. Weekly 999 |
| Docket Number | No. BI-446 |
| Decision Date | 10 April 1987 |
| Parties | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 999 Jeffrie K. AVERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
Page 596
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
First District.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Patricia Conners, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
Page 597
ERVIN, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of grand theft and sentenced to 2 1/2 years incarceration. Three issues are submitted on appeal: 1. The trial court erred in denying the defense motions for judgment of acquittal and directed verdict; 2. the trial court erred in relying on a facially incorrect scoresheet; and 3. the trial court erred in sentencing the appellant as a habitual offender without specifically finding that such sentencing was necessary for the protection of the public. We affirm as to issue one, but reverse and remand as to issues two and three.
The appellant was found guilty of grand theft of $124.06, taken from a cash drawer which had the appellant's fingerprints on it. The appellant argues that unless the state was able to prove that the fingerprints could have been left only at the time the theft occurred, the defendant's alternative version of when his prints were placed on the cash drawer must be accepted as true. The defendant's version, however, need not be accepted if it is contradicted by other proof showing the version to be false. Sorey v. State, 419 So.2d 810 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1982), petition for rev. denied, 476 So.2d 675 (Fla.1985). Here, the state presented adequate circumstantial evidence which, when coupled with the appellant's fingerprints found on the cash drawer, was sufficient to allow the trial court judge to send the case to the jury.
Pursuant to Section 775.084(3)(b), Florida Statutes, the state filed a notice of habitual offender status. On the appellant's guideline scoresheet, the primary offense at conviction, grand theft, was then incorrectly scored as a second degree felony, rather than as a third degree felony as provided by Section 812.014(2)(b), Florida Statutes. The appellant was scored with a total of 58 points, whereas a proper classification would have given him a total of 36 points and placed him in the range of any non-state prison sanction, rather than subjecting him to 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years incarceration. This reclassification was clearly in error as the habitual offender statute "does not...
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