Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Bertrand v. State

Bertrand v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 20, 1987 · Anstead, Dell, Walden
507 So. 2d 734; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1292; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8339 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Bertrand v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s convictions for aggravated battery with a firearm and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony are affirmed on the authority of Previlon v. State, 500 So.2d 716 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). However, we reverse the sentencing orders and remand for resentencing because the state has conceded, and we agree, that the trial court erred in calculating appellant's guideline scoresheet and in utilizing the resulting erroneous score as the basis upon which to develop the sentence.

DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur. ANSTEAD, J., specially concurs with opinion.

Concurring Opinion

ANSTEAD, J.,

specially concurring:

In the absence of the controlling authority of Previlon, I would vote to reverse appellant’s simultaneous convictions for aggravated battery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. When one considers the various legislative provisions concerning the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime, I believe it is apparent that the legislature did not intend that someone be convicted for the two (2) separate and serious offenses involved herein. In my view the legislature, by enhancing the punishment for committing a battery with a firearm, considered and determined that the extra punishment thereby provided would be its specific way of dealing with such aggravated conduct. Having consciously determined how much additional punishment to mete out for using a firearm in a battery, I do not believe the legislature also intended that the statute penalizing *735the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony be utilized to provide a second “extra” punishment for the same aggravating circumstance of using a firearm.

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