Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

SAUSVILLE v. State

SAUSVILLE v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 4, 2009 · Zambrano, Lawson, Evander
22 So. 3d 858; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 18721; 2009 WL 4403205 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

SAUSVILLE v. State

Opinion

ZAMBRANO, R.,

Associate Judge.

Mary Lombardo Sausville appeals her violation of probation sentence on four counts of vehicular homicide. Although Ms. Sausville has presented an interesting argument, this Court is foreclosed from considering it because the issues were not properly raised or preserved below. See Steinhorst v. State, 412 So.2d 332, 338 (Fla. 1982) (“[F]or an argument to be cognizable on appeal, it must be the specific contention asserted as legal ground for the objection, exception, or motion below.”); Montes v. State, 994 So.2d 1210, 1212 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). As a result, Ms. Saus-ville’s sentence is affirmed. Notwithstanding, Ms. Sausville is free to raise her trial counsel’s failure to seek a recusal of the sentencing judge and present mitigating evidence at sentencing by way of a motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

AFFIRMED.

LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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